Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wen-

400 words across 48 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wen- — including on, one, when, someone, anyone, wonder, onto, wine.

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English (209)

Dutch (27)

Icelandic (26)

Swedish (18)

Danish (14)

Faroese (14)

Middle Dutch (7)

Luxembourgish (5)

Japanese (5)

Latvian (5)

Old Dutch (4)

Low German (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Old Swedish (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Old Norse (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

German (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Chuukese (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Italian (2)

Old High German (2)

Russian (2)

Korean (2)

Yiddish (2)

Chinese (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old English (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Gujarati (1)

West Frisian (1)

North Frisian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Hungarian (1)

Norwegian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Latin (1)

Frankish (1)

French (1)

Armenian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Gothic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Esperanto (1)

Vietnamese (1)