Words that come from Proto-Indo-European sew-

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sew- — including soon, son, sweet, supper, swift, soup, Swiss, soap.

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English (321)

Latin (13)

Swedish (8)

Dutch (7)

Proto-Indo-European (6)

Ancient Greek (4)

Danish (3)

Russian (3)

Sanskrit (3)

Italian (3)

Icelandic (2)

French (2)

Polish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

West Frisian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Armenian (1)

Welsh (1)

Old High German (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Slovene (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Czech (1)

Slovak (1)

Middle French (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Friulian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Rusyn (1)