Words that come from Proto-West Germanic hertā

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic hertā — including heart, hearted, heartily, hearty, sweetheart, heartfelt, heartbeat, heartless.

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English (294)

German (31)

Dutch (18)

Middle English (8)

Old English (6)

French (3)

Finnish (3)

Japanese (2)

Russian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Irish (1)

North Frisian (1)

Polish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

Korean (1)

Chinese (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Bengali (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)