Words that come from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr — including father, pattern, Patrick, anonymous, patron, patriotism, patriotic, Jupiter.

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English (242)

Latin (29)

French (18)

Italian (16)

Ancient Greek (11)

Swedish (9)

Esperanto (9)

Dutch (5)

Icelandic (5)

Middle French (4)

Slovak (4)

Proto-Italic (2)

Sanskrit (2)

Danish (2)

Irish (2)

Norn (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Ido (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Greek (2)

Faroese (2)

Hungarian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Phrygian (1)

Catalan (1)

Venetian (1)

Classical Nahuatl (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Cebuano (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Friulian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Mirandese (1)

Polish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Manx (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Pali (1)

Mycenaean Greek (1)

Macedonian (1)

Galician (1)