Words that come from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃-

400 words across 50 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — including pollution, Liverpool, leverage, lever, laundry, dilute, lava, deluge.

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English (131)

Latin (75)

Italian (42)

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Icelandic (6)

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Proto-Celtic (2)

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Crimean Tatar (1)

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Volapük (1)

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