Proto-Indo-European Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Proto-Indo-European (1319)
*(e)rewə-
1
*(H)n̥dʰér
1
*(H)rewH-
1
*(H)yeh₁-
12
*(o)rewə-
1
*(s)gʷʰh₂el-
1
*(s)keg-
1
*(s)kek-
1
*(s)kelH-
6
*(s)kelh₁-
2
*(s)kend-
3
*(s)kep-
1
*(s)ker-
25
*(s)ker- (cut)
1
*(s)ker- (turn)
12
*(s)kerb-
1
*(s)kerdʰ-
1
*(s)keru-
1
*(s)keu-
1
*(s)keus-
1
*(s)kewd-
2
*(s)kewH-
4
*(s)kewh₁-
1
*(s)kews-
1
*(s)kewt-
1
*(s)kleh₂w-
11
*(s)krama-
1
*(s)krengʰ-
2
*(s)krewk-
1
*(s)kreybʰ-
9
*(s)kribh-
1
*(s)kʷálos
1
*(s)leh₃y-
1
*(s)lemb-
1
*(s)lewp-
1
*(s)leyb-
1
*(s)leyH-
1
*(s)mal-
1
*(s)meh₂-
5
*(s)mel-
1
*(s)meld-
3
*(s)mer-
4
*(s)mer- (remember)
1
*(s)merd-
4
*(s)mewg-
1
*(s)mey-
5
*(s)meyh₂-
1
*(s)neh₁-
3
*(s)neh₂-
5
*(s)ner-
1
*(s)peH-
1
*(s)peh₂-
1
*(s)pel-
3
*(s)pen-
5
*(s)pend-
13
*(s)peng-
2
*(s)penh₁-
3
*(s)pent-
1
*(s)per-
3
*(s)peyk-
1
*(s)peys-
4
*(s)pley-
1
*(s)plind-
1
*(s)ptyēw-
1
*(s)péndeti
1
*(s)teg-
6
*(s)teg- (cover)
2
*(s)teg- (pole)
4
*(s)telH-
1
*(s)ten-
1
*(s)tenh₂-
6
*(s)ter(h₁)-
1
*(s)terg-
1
*(s)terp-
1
*(s)tew-
2
*(s)tewb-
1
*(s)tewd-
4
*(s)tewg-
1
*(s)tewp-
7
*(s)teyg-
5
*(s)tig-
1
*(s)treg-
1
*(s)tup-
1
*(s)weyp-
1
*(s)ḱeh₁y-
1
*(s)ḱeh₃-
2
*(s)ḱerd-
1
*(s)ḱēwer-
1
*-h₃onh₂-
1
*-kʷe
3
*agʷsī
1
*aim-
1
*akwa-
1
*al-
1
*ap-
1
*apó
1