Words that come from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂

400 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ — including Self, selfish, selfishness, unselfish, selfless, selfhood, quack, salve.

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English (275)

Danish (26)

Norwegian Bokmål (21)

Dutch (9)

German (7)

Finnish (5)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Hungarian (3)

Sranan Tongo (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Middle High German (3)

Icelandic (2)

Yiddish (2)

Gothic (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Spanish (2)

Old English (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Portuguese (2)

Jamaican Creole (2)

Middle English (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Arabic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Faroese (1)

French (1)

Persian (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Hindi (1)

Thai (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Igbo (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Italian (1)

Gullah (1)