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)
*weh₂b-
1
*weh₂dʰ-
3
*weid-
1
*weidh-
3
*weik-
2
*wek(ʷ)speros
1
*wekʷ-
8
*wel-
4
*welH-
7
*welh₁-
7
*welh₃-
1
*welu-
2
*welw-
1
*wemh₁-
1
*wendʰ-
3
*wendʰ-eh₂-
1
*weng-
2
*wenh₁-
5
*wer-
11
*werb-
3
*werbʰ-
1
*werdʰh₁om
2
*werdʰo-
1
*werg-
1
*werh₁-
8
*werp-
1
*wers-
2
*wert-
27
*werǵ-
5
*werǵom
1
*werǵʰ-
2
*werḱ-
1
*wes-
6
*wet-
1
*weyd-
36
*weydʰ-
1
*weyg-
1
*weyh₁-
3
*weyk-
11
*weyp-
3
*weys-
1
*weyḱ-
9
*weǵ-
11
*weǵh-
1
*weǵʰ-
14
*wiHrós
2
*wisós
1
*wleykʷ-
1
*wl̥h₂neh₂-
1
*wodr
2
*wonk-
1
*wreg-
1
*wreng-
1
*wrengh-
1
*wrey-
1
*wreyt-
2
*wreyḱ-
3
*wréh₂ds
1
*wr̥dʰos
1
*wr̥mis
1
*wérǵom
1
*wéy
2
*wéydos
1
*wéǵʰeti
1
*wóbʰseh₂
1
*wódr̥
2
*wóyh₁nom
1
*wā-
1
*wāsto-
1
*wēbnom
1
*wĺ̥kʷos
1
*wṓkʷs
1
*ye-
1
*yeh₁-
4
*yek-
1
*yeug-
4
*yewg-
17
*yokos
1
*yug-
1
*yéwHs
1
*yóh₁r̥
2
*yúHs
1
*áyos
1
*óynos
11
*úd
1
*ǵab-
1
*ǵeh₂r-
7
*ǵelt-
1
*ǵenh₁-
44
*ǵerh₂-
3
*ǵews-
8
*ǵeyb-
1
*ǵeyH-
1
*ǵneh₃-
33
*ǵogʰ-
1
*ǵr̥h₂nóm
2