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)
*ǵwelH-
1
*ǵyewh₁-
1
*ǵénus
1
*ǵéwseti
1
*ǵéwstus
1
*ǵómbʰos
2
*ǵʰans-
1
*ǵʰed-
1
*ǵʰeh1-
1
*ǵʰeh₁-
2
*ǵʰeh₂-
1
*ǵʰel-
1
*ǵʰelh₂-
1
*ǵʰelh₃-
4
*ǵʰelh₃wós
1
*ǵʰengʰ-
2
*ǵʰer-
1
*ǵʰerk(ʷ)-
1
*ǵʰers-
5
*ǵʰes-
1
*ǵʰew-
7
*ǵʰewd-
8
*ǵʰey-
1
*ǵʰh₂éns
1
*ǵʰi-
1
*ǵʰleh₁-
2
*ǵʰley-
2
*ǵʰl̥h₃tóm
1
*ǵʰredʰ-
2
*ǵʰreh₁-
1
*ǵʰreh₁d-
1
*ǵʰwer-
5
*ǵʰéysd-
1
*ǵʰéysdos
1
*ḱad-
1
*ḱe
2
*ḱe-
3
*ḱeh₃i-
1
*ḱel-
6
*ḱel- (cover)
4
*ḱelb-
1
*ḱelh₂-
1
*ḱelneh₂
1
*ḱenk-
1
*ḱent-
3
*ḱer-
7
*ḱer- (grow)
7
*ḱerd-
19
*ḱerh₂-
6
*ḱers-
19
*ḱewb-
4
*ḱewh₁-
4
*ḱey-
5
*ḱeyp-
1
*ḱh₂d-
14
*ḱlew-
4
*ḱlewtos
1
*ḱley-
14
*ḱlitós
1
*ḱlutós
1
*ḱlóydʰrom
1
*ḱm̥tóm
2
*ḱred-dʰeh₁-
2
*ḱr̥sós
4
*ḱwes-
1
*ḱweys-
1
*ḱwṓ
2
*ḱérd
1
*ḱís
1
*ḱóm
5
*ḱóymos
2