Words that come from Proto-Indo-European pel

400 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pel — including push, pulse, pushing, compulsory, compulsion, peel, compulsive, repel.

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English (151)

Latin (31)

French (28)

Spanish (27)

Portuguese (18)

Italian (11)

Middle English (11)

Galician (10)

Swedish (9)

Dutch (8)

German (7)

Finnish (7)

Esperanto (6)

Old French (6)

Middle French (5)

Danish (5)

Romanian (5)

Late Latin (5)

Catalan (4)

Hungarian (4)

Russian (4)

Fiji Hindi (2)

Cebuano (2)

Estonian (2)

Irish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Norman (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Chavacano (1)

Friulian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Sicilian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Ido (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Persian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Lote (1)

Czech (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Polish (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Turkish (1)