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

113 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tu- — including tomb, thumb, tombstone, thumbnail, thimble, thumbprint, thimbleful, thumbscrew.

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English (50)

Middle English (11)

Dutch (9)

Esperanto (6)

Old English (4)

Swedish (3)

Old High German (2)

Russian (2)

Ido (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

German (2)

Danish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Irish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Japanese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Portuguese (1)

Scots (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Middle Dutch (1)