Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ténh₂us”

125 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us — including thy, thin, thinner, thinly, tenuous, ultrathin, tenuously, tenuity.

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English (23)

German (12)

Latin (11)

Swedish (6)

Middle English (6)

Ido (5)

Italian (3)

French (3)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (3)

Sanskrit (2)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Latvian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Czech (1)

Slovak (1)

Yiddish (1)

Faroese (1)

Russian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Polish (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Danish (1)

Macedonian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Manx (1)

Catalan (1)

Chinese (1)

Kurdish (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Finnish (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Belarusian (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old East Slavic (1)