Words that come from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus

279 words across 66 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus — including sweet, sweat, sweetheart, soot, sweetened, sot, assuage, sweetie.

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English (124)

Latin (21)

German (13)

Dutch (8)

Middle English (7)

Finnish (6)

French (4)

Portuguese (4)

Swedish (3)

Old High German (3)

Italian (3)

Catalan (3)

Kurdish (3)

Sanskrit (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Old English (3)

Spanish (3)

Hindi (3)

Danish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Esperanto (2)

Faroese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Japanese (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (2)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (2)

Old French (2)

West Frisian (1)

Middle French (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Gaulish (1)

Marathi (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Gujarati (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Chinese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Norman (1)

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Northern Sami (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

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Northern Kurdish (1)

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