Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — including were, world, World, iron, virtue, Saturday, virtually, virtual.

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English (260)

Latin (14)

Dutch (14)

Swedish (13)

Italian (8)

Icelandic (8)

Sanskrit (7)

Danish (6)

French (6)

Old Irish (5)

Esperanto (4)

Faroese (4)

Middle French (3)

Old High German (3)

Irish (3)

West Frisian (2)

Lithuanian (2)

Volapük (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Tagalog (2)

Welsh (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Pohnpeian (2)

Catalan (2)

Latvian (2)

Translingual (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Cornish (1)

Old Prussian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Manx (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Ido (1)

Czech (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Chinese (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Galician (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Polish (1)

Samogitian (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Gothic (1)

Lao (1)