| Indo-European | Kurdish | Common Anatolian | Hittite | Luwian | Lycian | Lydian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *egni- (fire) | agir | agniš | ||||
| *bhrátér- (a brother) | bra | brafr- | ||||
| *do- (to give, to take, exchange) | da | *da- | ||||
| *daru - tree, *deru- (firm, solid, a tree) | dar | *daru | taru- | tarweja- | ||
| *deiwo-, *dyeu- (god of sky) | dêw | *diu- | ||||
| *ekw-, *akw- (water, to drink) | Vexwar-(in) | *ekw- | ekw- | ahw- | ||
| hundir | anda | anda | nte | |||
| bav/bab/*pa- | atta | tata | tede | tata | ||
| *g'enu- (a knee, a clan) | çeng, çen (with angle) | *genu- a knee | ||||
| *gwen- (a wife, a woman, queen) | jin, gyn | *gwana - a woman | ||||
| *Hap- (water) | av, av | *hap - a river, a stream | hapa- | hapi- | ||
| *kost-, *ost- (a bone) | hestî, estî | *hasta - a bone | hastijas | |||
| *owi- (sheep) | mî, avis (pregnant) | *hawa - a sheep | hawi- | |||
| *kes- (to scratch) | kêr(kirin) | *kes - to scratch | kiša- | |||
| *gwhen- (to kill) | -kuj- | *khwen - to beat, to hit | kinu- | |||
| *bherg- (high) | berz | *phrokhu - high | parku- | parrai- | ||
| pl-t- (wide, full) | fireh | *ploha - wide | palhi- | palha- | ||
| ser | ser/sara | šarri- (big) | hri | sarra | ||
| sreu- (to flow, to swim) | şir- (purl of water) | *srei - to flow | sarlata- (libation) | |||
| sta- (to stand) | -stan (place, as in Kurdistan) | *sta - to stand | ||||
| *newo- | nû (new) | newa- | ||||
| *ster- | stêr | šittar (a star) | ||||
| baş, weş (good) | wasu (the good) | |||||
| *ner-, *aner-t- (man's strength) | nêr (male) | innari- (strength) | annarummi- (strong) | |||
| *ebho- (that) | ev, eve (this) | apa- | apa-(this,that) | ebe- (this, he, that) | ||
| paş | appa | appa- (back, backwards) | ||||
| *per- | pêş, ber | pere (forward) | ||||
| *kwi- (relative pronoun) | ku (that, which) | kui- | kui- (which, that) | qi-, qy- | ||
| *n- (not) | na-, ni-, ne- | ni-, niš- (not; negative particle) | ||||
| *part- 'to divide' | perçe | parta- (part of a body) | ||||
| *ped- (a foot) | pî, pa | pata- | pati- (a foot) | |||
| *mé (me, my) | min (I'm), em (us) | ammel (my) | amu, êmu, êmi, -mu (I, me, my) | êmi- (my) | ||
| *bhru (log, beam, wooden causeway) | pir, pird, koprî (bridge) | pri- | fra- (across, through, by-) | |||
| mêr (man) | mari- (man, warrior) | mireñ- (man), mari- (man, warrior) | ||||
| *duwo, *dwo' (two) | du | tuwa- (two) | tuwa (two) | |||
| şer (fight) | sarh- (to attack) | sarhija- | zrqqi- (to fight, to attack) | |||
