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

400 words across 73 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sewH- — including soon, son, supper, soup, soap, grandson, sown, sow.

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English (151)

Danish (44)

Italian (21)

Swedish (17)

Icelandic (14)

Dutch (13)

Translingual (10)

French (9)

Latin (7)

Faroese (7)

Ancient Greek (6)

Proto-Indo-European (5)

Russian (5)

Greek (5)

Hungarian (5)

Polish (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Bulgarian (3)

Esperanto (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Armenian (2)

Welsh (2)

Czech (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Ukrainian (2)

Turkish (2)

Proto-Albanian (2)

Macedonian (2)

Middle French (2)

Japanese (2)

Estonian (2)

Gothic (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Slovene (1)

Slovak (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Rusyn (1)

Volapük (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Maori (1)

Arabic (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Indonesian (1)

Javanese (1)

Albanian (1)

Xârâcùù (1)

Catalan (1)

Irish (1)

Pali (1)

Asturian (1)

Chamicuro (1)

Tagalog (1)

Georgian (1)

Middle Armenian (1)

Adyghe (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Cornish (1)

Sicilian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Korean (1)

Lombard (1)

Marshallese (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Vilamovian (1)