Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wi

400 words across 57 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wi — including with, within, wit, withstand, Witness, withhold, withal, wid.

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English (128)

Dutch (35)

German (29)

Sanskrit (24)

Old English (24)

Hindi (23)

Middle English (21)

Old Saxon (12)

Italian (11)

Telugu (8)

Latin (7)

Urdu (5)

Gujarati (4)

Persian (4)

Thai (4)

Marathi (3)

Bengali (3)

Proto-Slavic (3)

Assamese (3)

Ottoman Turkish (3)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

French (2)

Indonesian (2)

Nepali (2)

Sauraseni Prakrit (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Lower Sorbian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Early Assamese (2)

Russian (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

Tamil (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Polish (1)

Pali (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Kannada (1)

Komi-Permyak (1)

Burmese (1)

Turkish (1)

Macedonian (1)

Sinhalese (1)

Spanish (1)

Punjabi (1)

Belarusian (1)

Transylvanian Saxon (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)