Words that come from Proto-West Germanic land

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic land — including his, high, land, England, higher, highly, highest, island.

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English (214)

Dutch (61)

Esperanto (18)

Latvian (13)

Japanese (11)

French (10)

Yiddish (9)

Italian (9)

Afrikaans (7)

Chinese (5)

Luxembourgish (3)

North Frisian (3)

Turkish (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Volapük (2)

Swedish (2)

Armenian (2)

Korean (2)

Greek (2)

Lao (2)

Irish (2)

Ido (2)

Translingual (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Danish (1)

Polish (1)

Okinawan (1)

Arabic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Marshallese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Georgian (1)

Russian (1)

Faroese (1)

Hausa (1)