Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “proHwo-”

122 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European proHwo- — including Freya, Jungfrau, Freyja, vrouw, frau, frow, Hausfrau, Liebfraumilch.

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German (26)

Dutch (22)

English (10)

Finnish (8)

Icelandic (7)

Old Norse (6)

Middle Low German (4)

Faroese (3)

Gothic (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Danish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Limburgish (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Irish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Russian (1)

Aukan (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old English (1)