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

41 words across 14 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pēu- — including paean, anapest, anapestic, παιάν, παιωνία, paean, anapaestus, ἀνάπαιστος.

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Ancient Greek (7)

Latin (7)

English (5)

Italian (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Spanish (3)

Translingual (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

German (2)

Portuguese (2)

French (1)

Russian (1)

Armenian (1)

Irish (1)