Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wey-ro-”

51 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wey-ro- — including iris, iridescent, iridium, irides, irised, iridal, iridescently, iridosmine.

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English (23)

Italian (9)

French (3)

Portuguese (2)

Finnish (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Latin (1)

Latvian (1)

Irish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Catalan (1)

Dutch (1)

Malay (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Romanian (1)

Spanish (1)