Words that come from Proto-Indo-European per(i)

400 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European per(i) — including forecast, forecasting, forswear, forsworn, forecaster, verboten, forsaid, forwent.

See the etymology of per(i) itself →

German (236)

English (59)

Old English (18)

Dutch (17)

Middle English (10)

Middle Dutch (9)

Norwegian Bokmål (9)

Swedish (8)

Yiddish (7)

Middle Low German (5)

Gothic (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Esperanto (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Danish (1)

Low German (1)

Ido (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Scots (1)