Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wek(ʷ)speros”

308 words across 71 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros — including West, Western, west, western, Westminster, Wesley, northwest, Midwest.

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English (64)

Norwegian Bokmål (22)

Norwegian Nynorsk (15)

Latin (13)

Latvian (11)

Serbo-Croatian (11)

German (9)

Swedish (8)

Dutch (7)

Polish (7)

Russian (6)

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Old French (6)

Middle English (6)

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Portuguese (4)

Lower Sorbian (4)

Catalan (3)

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Macedonian (3)

Slovene (3)

Lithuanian (3)

Ancient Greek (3)

Manx (3)

Translingual (3)

Proto-Slavic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Norman (3)

Middle French (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Ido (2)

Polabian (2)

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Old English (2)

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