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

64 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pstḗn — including Parthenon, parthenogenesis, Parthenos, spean, sebesten, parthenophobia, parthen-, παρθένος.

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English (14)

Ancient Greek (4)

Middle English (3)

Middle Low German (3)

Icelandic (2)

Armenian (2)

Lithuanian (2)

Manx (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Armenian (2)

Persian (2)

Old English (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Urdu (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Pali (1)

Telugu (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Gujarati (1)

Kannada (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Old Norse (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Coptic (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Greek (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Arabic (1)

Medieval Latin (1)