Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wel

233 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wel — including vulgar, vulgarity, promulgation, divulge, Vulgate, promulgate, divulged, vulgarly.

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Finnish (44)

English (40)

Latin (40)

German (14)

Italian (12)

Portuguese (9)

French (8)

Danish (5)

Spanish (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Dutch (3)

Gothic (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle High German (3)

Icelandic (2)

Galician (2)

Old High German (2)

Swedish (2)

Yiddish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Low German (2)

Estonian (2)

Catalan (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Middle French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Russian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Translingual (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norman (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European wel — 233 descendants | Etymology Explorer