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

76 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European seyl- — including silence, silent, sole, silently, soles, silencer, insole, outsole.

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English (30)

Latin (8)

Italian (4)

Finnish (4)

French (3)

Proto-Finnic (3)

Portuguese (3)

Spanish (3)

Middle English (3)

Catalan (2)

Veps (2)

Old English (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Japanese (1)

Hebrew (1)

Votic (1)

Norman (1)

Old French (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old Portuguese (1)