“Thing” in 48 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 48 of 48 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalancosaFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchchoseFrom Wiktionary▶
• GaliciancousaFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItaliancosaFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinrēsFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortuguesecoisaFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianlucruFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishcosaFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• BulgarianвещveštFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianstvarFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechvěcFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishrzeczFrom Wiktionary▶
• RussianвещьveščʹFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakvecFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianstvarFrom Wiktionary▶
• UkrainianрічričFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishtingFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchdingFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanDingFrom Wiktionary▶
• NorwegiantingFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishsakFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliজিনিসjiniśFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiवस्तुvastuFrom Wiktionary▶
• PersianچِیزčīzFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduچِیزcīzFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinobagayFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianbendaFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalaybendaFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanişeyFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzнерсеnerseFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishşeyFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianasiFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishasiaFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungariandologFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianlietaFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniandaiktasFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicشَيْءšayʔFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewדָּבָרdavárFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbaniansendFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahilikituFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasquegauzaFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishrudFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese东西dōngxiFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantoaĵoFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese物monoFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean물건mulgeonFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiสิ่งsìngFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesevậtFrom Wiktionary▶