Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sámh₂dʰos”

222 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sámh₂dʰos — including sand, sandstone, sandpaper, sanding, sandbox, sandbank, sandbar, sandbag.

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English (80)

Dutch (19)

German (16)

Swedish (13)

Norwegian Bokmål (12)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Esperanto (8)

French (6)

Latin (5)

Italian (5)

Translingual (4)

Faroese (4)

Catalan (3)

Old English (3)

Icelandic (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Asturian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Middle English (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Frisian (1)

North Frisian (1)

Czech (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Greek (1)

Old High German (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Old Norse (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Finnish (1)

Spanish (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

Norman (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Middle High German (1)