Words that come from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s

400 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s — including pay, peace, paid, Pacific, paying, pace, peasant, compact.

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English (244)

Italian (36)

French (31)

Latin (31)

Esperanto (13)

Catalan (5)

Hungarian (4)

Manx (4)

Dutch (3)

Irish (3)

Middle French (2)

Cebuano (2)

Swedish (2)

Galician (2)

Albanian (2)

Chinese (1)

Basque (1)

Chavacano (1)

Ido (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Russian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Sicilian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Lombard (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Friulian (1)