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

206 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pels- — including pelt, pelting, surplice, pell, pelisse, pillion, pellagra, pellicle.

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English (23)

French (16)

Italian (13)

Irish (13)

Norwegian Bokmål (13)

German (11)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Latin (9)

Icelandic (9)

Faroese (7)

Scottish Gaelic (7)

Old French (6)

Spanish (5)

Old Irish (4)

Manx (4)

Old Norse (3)

Romanian (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Swedish (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Middle French (2)

Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Galician (2)

Catalan (2)

Portuguese (2)

Norman (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Old High German (1)

Asturian (1)

Friulian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Sicilian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Venetian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Aromanian (1)

Yola (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Tagalog (1)

Occitan (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Cebuano (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Frankish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Middle English (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European pels- — 206 descendants | Etymology Explorer