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

120 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European skrew- — including shroud, shred, shredding, screed, shredder, enshroud, shreddy, shroudless.

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English (33)

German (25)

Polish (10)

Old English (10)

Middle English (7)

Czech (5)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old High German (3)

Japanese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old French (2)

Dutch (2)

Russian (1)

Irish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Frankish (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Yola (1)

Esperanto (1)