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

250 words across 66 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — including naked, gym, nakedness, gymnasium, gymnastics, denudation, gymnast, nakedly.

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English (56)

Latin (22)

French (13)

German (10)

Spanish (9)

Portuguese (8)

Ancient Greek (7)

Dutch (7)

Italian (5)

Ido (5)

Irish (5)

Danish (4)

Polish (4)

Esperanto (4)

Hungarian (4)

Finnish (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle French (3)

Swedish (3)

Catalan (3)

Czech (3)

Greek (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Translingual (3)

Lower Sorbian (3)

Old Church Slavonic (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norman (3)

Asturian (2)

Gothic (2)

Romanian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old English (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Galician (1)

Old High German (1)

Slovene (1)

Slovak (1)

Old Irish (1)

Russian (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Welsh (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Friulian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Upper Sorbian (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Coptic (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Interlingua (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old French (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle High German (1)

New Latin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — 250 descendants | Etymology Explorer