Words that come from Proto-Indo-European prāy-

400 words across 59 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European prāy- — including friend, afraid, friendly, friendship, Frederick, girlfriend, boyfriend, Friedman.

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English (102)

German (55)

Danish (23)

Dutch (20)

Swedish (17)

Old Norse (13)

Icelandic (11)

Old English (10)

Proto-Germanic (9)

Middle English (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Faroese (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Old Dutch (6)

Luxembourgish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Gothic (5)

Italian (5)

Serbo-Croatian (5)

Old French (5)

Korean (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

West Frisian (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Norwegian (3)

Latin (3)

Russian (3)

Japanese (3)

Cebuano (3)

Scottish Gaelic (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old High German (2)

Albanian (2)

Old Frisian (2)

French (2)

Lithuanian (2)

Latvian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Welsh (2)

Finnish (2)

Spanish (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Frankish (1)

Chinese (1)

Old Danish (1)

Czech (1)

Polish (1)

Middle French (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Swedish (1)

German Low German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Kriol (1)

Romanian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European prāy- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer