Words that come from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-

400 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — including pay, peace, paid, fair, Pacific, paying, taxpayer, payable.

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English (200)

Italian (38)

Latin (30)

Dutch (22)

French (21)

Icelandic (10)

Esperanto (10)

Irish (8)

Swedish (6)

Catalan (5)

Manx (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Middle French (3)

Hungarian (3)

Faroese (3)

Danish (2)

Slovak (2)

Gothic (2)

Czech (2)

Galician (2)

Albanian (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Chinese (1)

Basque (1)

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Chavacano (1)

Ido (1)

Scanian (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Irish (1)

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Old Dutch (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

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Sranan Tongo (1)

Greek (1)

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