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)
- foul
- fowl
- fullness
- filth
- defile
- fouling
- defilement
- afoul
- fowling
- paean
- foully
- wildfowl
- fouler
- defileth
- biofouling
- antifouling
- peafowl
- foulmouthed
- befoul
- anapest
- anapestic
- fowlpox
- fulmar
- defiler
- moorfowl
- foulbrood
- wildfowler
- junglefowl
- fowlhouse
- macrofouling
- nonfouling
- spurfowl
- rockfowl
- scrubfowl
- gamefowl
- befoulment
- microfouling
- batfowling
- antifoul
- foulmouth
- undefilable
- defilest
- befouleth
- fowlish
- foulish
- fowlery
- befouler
- antibiofouling
- nonfoul
- fouleth
- landfowl
- fowllike
- befilth
- befile
- defilable
- anapestical
- paeonine
- fowl-lore
- antimicrofouling
- filthify
- filthmonger
- foulable
- motherfouler
- self-defilement
- foule