Words that come from Proto-Uralic luwe

400 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Uralic luwe — including labour, laboratory, elaborate, collapse, Labour, collaboration, collaborative, lab.

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English (148)

Latin (55)

Hungarian (42)

Italian (39)

French (24)

Estonian (19)

Esperanto (13)

Dutch (7)

Catalan (6)

Ido (6)

Middle French (3)

Võro (3)

Crimean Tatar (3)

Czech (2)

Polish (2)

Swedish (2)

Istriot (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Votic (1)

Veps (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Galician (1)

Cebuano (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Icelandic (1)

Macedonian (1)

Russian (1)

Komi-Permyak (1)

Udmurt (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Slovak (1)

Danish (1)

Venetian (1)

Japanese (1)

Nganasan (1)

Asturian (1)

Albanian (1)

Ladin (1)

Friulian (1)