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

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European swel- — including cell, savage, swelling, swallow, swell, swollen, sulfur, salvage.

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English (247)

Italian (33)

Latin (21)

Translingual (10)

French (9)

Latvian (7)

Dutch (6)

Swedish (5)

Icelandic (4)

Catalan (4)

Esperanto (4)

Danish (3)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Armenian (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Low German (2)

Tagalog (2)

Proto-Iranian (2)

Friulian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Greek (2)

Sicilian (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Galician (1)

Cebuano (1)

Gutnish (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Ido (1)

Chinook Jargon (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Venetian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)