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)
*swer-
4
*swer- (swear)
1
*swergh-
1
*swergʰ-
1
*sweyd-
2
*swol-
1
*swoyd-
2
*swé
1
*swéh2dus
2
*swéh₂dus
4
*swésōr
2
*swéḱs
1
*syewH-
1
*séh₂ls
2
*séksus
1
*só
5
*sóh₂wl̥
2
*súHros
1
*sēy-
1
*sūl-
1
*sḗh₂l
1
*tag-
5
*takē-
1
*te(H)k-
1
*teh₂g-
21
*tek-
2
*tek- (receive)
1
*teks-
2
*tele-
1
*telh₂-
4
*telh₂- (bear)
12
*temh₁-
3
*ten-
43
*tend-
13
*teng-
4
*tenh₂-
1
*tenkt-
1
*tep-
1
*ter-
4
*tere-
1
*terh1-
1
*terh₁-
10
*terh₂-
6
*terkw-
2
*terkʷ-
8
*terp-
1
*ters-
9
*tetḱ-
9
*teue-
1
*tewh₂-
7
*tewk-
1
*to-
1
*tragh-
1
*tragʰ-
4
*tre-
1
*treb-
1
*trei-
1
*trem-
3
*trenk-
1
*trep-
4
*tres-
2
*trewd-
9
*treyes
2
*trud-
1
*tréyes
2
*tr̥h₂kʷe
1
*tr̥tyós
1
*tsel-
1
*tu
2
*tuHsont-
1
*twerH-
1
*twerḱ-
2
*tégus
1
*ténh₂us
1
*térmn̥
2
*tód
2
*tóm
1
*tór
1
*tūm-
1
*tḱey-
16
*udrós
1
*uksḗn
1
*up-
1
*upo
3
*upér
3
*wadʰ-
*walg-
1
*webʰ-
3
*wed-
12
*wedʰ-
3
*wedʰrom
1
*wegʷ-
1
*weh₁-
9
*weh₁iros
1
*weh₁ros
1
*weh₁y-
2