Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “pónteh₁s”

142 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pónteh₁s — including punt, pontiff, pontoon, pons, Pontus, pontificate, Hellespont, Pontefract.

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English (31)

French (14)

Latin (13)

Italian (7)

Spanish (7)

Ancient Greek (6)

Arabic (4)

Armenian (4)

Portuguese (4)

Old French (4)

Asturian (2)

Galician (2)

Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Greek (2)

Middle Armenian (2)

Romansch (2)

German (2)

Old Armenian (2)

Ladino (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Middle French (1)

Slovak (1)

Catalan (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Welsh (1)

Friulian (1)

Pontic Greek (1)

Istriot (1)

Aromanian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Chamicuro (1)

Venetian (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

Irish (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Persian (1)

Ido (1)

Romanian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Norman (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Old Spanish (1)