Words that come from Proto-Indo-European pol-

390 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pol- — including fall, fell, fallen, falling, falls, rainfall, downfall, nightfall.

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English (82)

German (72)

Dutch (43)

Icelandic (29)

Norwegian Nynorsk (29)

Norwegian Bokmål (29)

Swedish (15)

Luxembourgish (8)

Esperanto (8)

Old Saxon (7)

Old English (7)

Low German (5)

Danish (5)

Albanian (4)

Old High German (4)

Middle High German (4)

Faroese (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Afrikaans (2)

North Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Volapük (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Danish (1)