Words that come from Proto-Indo-European peys-

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European peys- — including pile, piles, pillar, piston, capillary, compilation, pill, compiler.

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English (203)

French (40)

Italian (40)

Latin (33)

Catalan (7)

Dutch (5)

Galician (5)

Swedish (5)

Polish (5)

Middle French (4)

Russian (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Neapolitan (3)

Sicilian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Aromanian (2)

Chavacano (2)

Proto-Italic (2)

Lithuanian (2)

Old High German (2)

Czech (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Venetian (2)

Dalmatian (1)

Friulian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Danish (1)

Rade (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Asturian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Pali (1)

Macedonian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Translingual (1)

Icelandic (1)

Armenian (1)