Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “seh₂k-”

400 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — including sacred, sacrifice, Saint, saints, saint, sanction, sanctions, sanctuary.

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English (170)

Latin (96)

Italian (34)

French (29)

Catalan (10)

Irish (8)

Manx (6)

Esperanto (5)

Hungarian (4)

Galician (3)

Asturian (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Japanese (3)

Cebuano (2)

Friulian (2)

Middle French (2)

Old Irish (2)

Albanian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Polish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Istriot (1)

Ladin (1)

Sicilian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Telugu (1)

Chuukese (1)