Words that come from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d-

361 words across 72 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — including sweet, persuade, sweat, persuasion, sweetheart, soot, dissuade, sweetened.

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English (150)

Latin (45)

German (13)

Italian (9)

Dutch (8)

Middle English (8)

French (6)

Finnish (6)

Spanish (5)

Portuguese (5)

Proto-Indo-European (4)

Catalan (4)

Sanskrit (4)

Hindi (4)

Middle French (3)

Swedish (3)

Old High German (3)

Kurdish (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Old English (3)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (3)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (3)

Danish (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Proto-Italic (2)

Icelandic (2)

Esperanto (2)

Faroese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Hellenic (2)

Japanese (2)

Gujarati (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old French (2)

West Frisian (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)

Bhojpuri (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Gothic (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Chinese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Tajik (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Persian (1)

Norman (1)

Proto-Samic (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Northern Kurdish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — 361 descendants | Etymology Explorer