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)
*skeyt-
1
*skot-
1
*skrebʰ-
1
*skremb-
1
*skreybʰ-
5
*skub-
1
*skēyb-
1
*slak-
1
*sleg-
1
*slenk-
1
*slewb-
1
*sleyb-
1
*sleyd-
1
*sleydʰ-
2
*slowgʰos
1
*smei-
2
*smel-
1
*smerd-
2
*smeru-
1
*smey-
2
*smēy-
1
*snep-
1
*snéh₁wr̥
1
*snóygʷʰos
1
*sokʷ-h₁-yé-
1
*sokʷ-yo-
1
*sol-
1
*solh₂-
6
*somHós
1
*speh₁-
4
*spek-
12
*spend-
2
*sper(g)-
1
*sper-
2
*spereg-
1
*sperg-
1
*sperH-
2
*spey-
2
*speḱ-
25
*sph₁rós
1
*splt-no-
1
*spreg-
1
*sprend-
1
*spéḱ-
1
*spḗr
1
*srebʰ-
2
*srew-
5
*srowmos
1
*sta-
4
*stak-
1
*stebʰ-
3
*steh2-
4
*steh₂-
47
*steh₂g-
1
*steig-
2
*stel(H)-
1
*stel-
7
*stemb-
1
*stengʷ-
2
*ster-
3
*sterbʰ-
1
*sterh3-
1
*sterh₃-
5
*sterp-
2
*steyg-
3
*steygʰ-
1
*steyh₂-
2
*steyp-
1
*steypós
1
*sth₂éh₁yeti
1
*stog-
1
*stoh₂los
1
*stor-
1
*strebʰ-
1
*streig-
2
*strengʰ-
3
*strenk-
1
*strew-
12
*streyg-
12
*strug-
1
*strēy-
1
*stéh₂tis
1
*stísteh₂ti
3
*suH-
1
*suHnús
1
*swe-
1
*sweh2d-
1
*sweh₂d-
4
*sweid-
1
*swel-
2
*swelk-
1
*swem(bʰ)-
1
*swen-
2
*swenh₂-
2
*swenk-
1
*swep-
2