Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “swey-”
173 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European swey- — including sweet, swift, Swiss, sweetheart, swiftness, sweetened, swivel, sweetie.
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English (82)
- sweet
- swift
- Swiss
- sweetheart
- swiftness
- sweetened
- swivel
- sweetie
- sweeten
- swindle
- swindler
- sweetener
- unsweetened
- sweetmeat
- sweetish
- semisweet
- sweetbread
- meadowsweet
- sweetgrass
- sweetbrier
- sweeting
- sweety
- sweetgum
- sweethearting
- sweetshop
- sweetstuff
- sweetfaced
- sweetpea
- sweetling
- sweetsop
- oversweet
- supersweet
- sweetwater
- swiftlet
- swive
- sweetcakes
- presweetened
- sweetfish
- oversweetened
- nonsweet
- sweetlips
- sweetwort
- wintersweet
- swizz
- summersweet
- sweetcheeks
- sweeteneth
- oversweetness
- sweetshrub
- sweetwood
- swiftfoot
- sweetishness
- sweetleaf
- swivelly
- sweetmaker
- sweetroot
- unsweeten
- swiftie
- swindlery
- birdsweet
- sweetishly
- oversweeten
- sweetenest
- sweetvetch
- Swissess
- antisweet
- besweeten
- outsweeten
- sweetweed
- ultraswift
- sweetbox
- sweet cream
- meadsweet
- sweethearthood
- sweetkin
- sweetcure
- swift-handed
- swift-handedness
- treeswift
- presweeten
- sweetsome
- Schwyz