Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “leyp-”

400 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leyp- — including life, believe, living, live, leave, lives, leaving, leaves.

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English (222)

Dutch (48)

Swedish (29)

Icelandic (22)

Faroese (9)

Danish (8)

Luxembourgish (7)

Czech (6)

Norwegian (5)

Volapük (4)

West Frisian (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Yiddish (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Manx (3)

Old High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Latin (2)

Old Irish (2)

Greek (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Russian (1)

Middle Norwegian (1)

Slovene (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Japanese (1)

Middle French (1)