Words that come from Proto-Indo-European yes-

400 words across 52 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European yes- — including guest, enzyme, yeast, enzymatic, eczema, jester, coenzyme, zymic.

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English (155)

Dutch (41)

Italian (23)

German (17)

French (13)

Ancient Greek (11)

Spanish (10)

Icelandic (9)

Middle English (7)

Old English (7)

Romanian (7)

Greek (6)

Finnish (5)

Polish (5)

Latin (4)

Swedish (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old Dutch (4)

Danish (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old High German (3)

Persian (3)

Hindi (3)

Old Norse (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Portuguese (3)

Middle High German (3)

Late Latin (3)

Plautdietsch (3)

Czech (3)

Faroese (2)

Irish (2)

Ido (2)

Sanskrit (2)

Catalan (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Azerbaijani (2)

Hausa (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Thai (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)

Ahtna (1)

New Latin (1)

Russian (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European yes- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer