Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “tenk-”
308 words across 49 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tenk- — including the, thing, everything, thee, tight, tightly, tighter, tightness.
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English (88)
- the
- thing
- everything
- thee
- tight
- tightly
- tighter
- tightness
- plaything
- airtight
- tights
- watertight
- tightrope
- thang
- skintight
- Storting
- thingy
- Althing
- thingness
- tightfisted
- tightwad
- airtightness
- natheless
- thinghood
- watertightness
- thingie
- tightknit
- gastight
- thingification
- theeself
- dingus
- weathertight
- tightish
- thinglike
- steamtight
- tightass
- overtight
- supertight
- nonthing
- raintight
- sticktight
- tightwire
- ultratight
- thingify
- tightbeam
- tightlacing
- posteverything
- thingish
- antieverything
- manthing
- oiltight
- underthing
- thingo
- thinger
- windtight
- netheless
- gastightness
- nonwatertight
- nonairtight
- tighthead
- airtightly
- thingal
- behind the scenes
- over-the-counter
- get the point
- thizz
- mumblety peg
- take the point
- tight-knit
- have the biscuit
- break the fourth wall
- on the turps
- tighty whities
- tidy whities
- non-over-the-counter
- neverthelater
- tightlacer
- tight-lipped
- tight-lippedness
- act the maggot
- take the meaning
- oiltightness
- thinglet
- tightwaddish
- werething
- dinges
- tight-fisted
- light-tight
German (29)
- gasdicht
- dicht
- Thing
- Verteidigungsministerin
- Verteidigungsminister
- Dichte
- Dichteschwankung
- vakuumdicht
- Ding
- dingen
- Dichteanomalie
- Strahlungsdichte
- dingfest
- verdichten
- Stromdichte
- Bevölkerungsdichte
- Energiedichte
- schalldicht
- Dichtstoff
- verteidigen
- Verteidigung
- Verdichtung
- dichtschließend
- Bodenverdichtung
- Knochendichte
- verteidigend
- Tang
- Unding
- Ladungsdichte