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

400 words across 74 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pértus — including opportunity, Oxford, port, Portuguese, airport, Portugal, Portland, portal.

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English (155)

Hungarian (30)

Italian (24)

French (23)

Dutch (19)

Latin (18)

Portuguese (8)

Catalan (7)

Irish (7)

Japanese (5)

Welsh (4)

Korean (4)

Danish (4)

Spanish (4)

Middle French (3)

Galician (3)

Faroese (3)

Translingual (3)

Polish (3)

Old Portuguese (3)

German (3)

Old English (3)

Old Irish (2)

Turkish (2)

Chinese (2)

Cebuano (2)

Greek (2)

Swedish (2)

Russian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle English (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Proto-Italic (1)

Ladin (1)

Norwegian (1)

Czech (1)

Slovak (1)

Old High German (1)

Icelandic (1)

Urdu (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

West Flemish (1)

Maltese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Asturian (1)

Kurdish (1)

Corsican (1)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (1)

Georgian (1)

Friulian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Hausa (1)

Central Kurdish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Burmese (1)

Zulu (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Bhojpuri (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Assamese (1)

Shan (1)

Hindi (1)

Thai (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Norman (1)

Old French (1)

Swahili (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European pértus — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer