Words that come from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s — including service, serve, observation, servant, observe, server, serving, conservative.

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English (226)

Italian (38)

French (31)

Latin (31)

Dutch (10)

Esperanto (9)

Hungarian (8)

Middle French (6)

Catalan (6)

Russian (4)

Irish (3)

Danish (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Macedonian (2)

Manx (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Venetian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Ido (1)

Hausa (1)

Swedish (1)

Interlingua (1)

Korean (1)

Czech (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Arabic (1)

Turkish (1)

Maltese (1)