Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — including were, world, virtue, virtually, virtual, worldwide, Ferguson, Warwick.

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English (171)

Welsh (23)

Dutch (22)

Latin (20)

Esperanto (19)

Swedish (16)

Irish (16)

Italian (13)

French (12)

Danish (8)

Old Irish (6)

Catalan (6)

Latvian (6)

Icelandic (5)

Hungarian (5)

West Frisian (4)

Proto-Celtic (4)

Middle French (3)

Lithuanian (3)

Volapük (3)

Manx (3)

Yiddish (3)

Old High German (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Faroese (2)

Galician (2)

Samogitian (2)

Georgian (2)

Aromanian (2)

Sanskrit (1)

Old Prussian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Ido (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Gothic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Telugu (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Friulian (1)

Russian (1)

Middle Welsh (1)

Avestan (1)