Words that come from Proto-Indo-European plōw-

400 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European plōw- — including flow, flower, flood, flowing, flowering, flown, flooding, workflow.

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English (234)

Swedish (21)

Dutch (18)

Old English (13)

German (11)

Finnish (8)

Danish (7)

Icelandic (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Middle English (6)

Cebuano (5)

Old Norse (5)

Latvian (4)

Westrobothnian (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Middle High German (4)

Old High German (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

French (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old French (2)

Portuguese (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Indonesian (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Gothic (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Norman (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Danish (1)

Middle French (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)