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

400 words across 66 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wéy- — including we, wealth, Soviet, wealthy, Commonwealth, pillow, commonwealth, Willard.

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English (103)

Finnish (40)

Norwegian Bokmål (33)

Swedish (27)

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Telugu (3)

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Westrobothnian (2)

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