Words that come from Proto-Indo-European pū-

168 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pū- — including foul, fowl, fullness, filth, defile, fouling, defilement, afoul.

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English (65)

German (14)

Middle English (9)

Dutch (8)

Old English (8)

Ancient Greek (7)

Latin (7)

Middle High German (7)

Italian (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Translingual (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Spanish (3)

Old High German (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Portuguese (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Swedish (1)

Danish (1)

Welsh (1)

French (1)

Icelandic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Russian (1)

Armenian (1)

Irish (1)

Gothic (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Polish (1)

Old Norse (1)