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

400 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European só — including that, this, they, them, there, than, these, then.

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English (145)

Dutch (42)

French (13)

Swedish (11)

Icelandic (11)

Italian (11)

Latin (11)

Russian (11)

Faroese (10)

Danish (8)

Proto-Indo-European (8)

Middle Dutch (8)

Polish (8)

Czech (6)

Albanian (5)

Old Irish (5)

Old Dutch (5)

Ancient Greek (5)

Sanskrit (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Old High German (4)

Afrikaans (4)

Esperanto (4)

Ido (4)

Middle French (3)

Proto-Albanian (3)

Nigerian Pidgin (3)

Slovak (3)

Irish (3)

Proto-Celtic (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Old Swedish (3)

Catalan (3)

Kalasha (2)

German Low German (2)

Elfdalian (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Slovene (2)

Volapük (2)

Greek (2)

West Frisian (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

Welsh (1)

Macedonian (1)

Rusyn (1)

Hausa (1)

Chinese (1)

Venetian (1)

Urdu (1)