Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂”

400 words across 77 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ — including school, scholar, scholarship, scholarly, schooling, preschool, schoolboy, Schuyler.

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