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)
*aukʷ-
1
*baba-
1
*bak-
2
*bend-
1
*bew-
4
*bha-
1
*bhendh-
1
*bheugh-
1
*bhreg-
2
*bl̥nos
1
*bolno-
1
*breyǵ-
1
*bud-
1
*budnós
1
*bʰudʰmén
1
*bōlos
1
*bʰa-bʰa-
1
*bʰabʰ-
1
*bʰardʰeh₂
4
*bʰedʰ-
3
*bʰedʰh₂-
1
*bʰeg-
5
*bʰeh2-
1
*bʰeh₁-
2
*bʰeh₂-
29
*bʰeh₂- (shine)
1
*bʰeh₂g-
1
*bʰeh₂u-
1
*bʰeh₂ǵʰus
1
*bʰeh₃g-
1
*bʰel-
20
*bʰel- (blow)
1
*bʰeld-
1
*bʰelǵ-
3
*bʰelǵʰ-
4
*bʰen-
1
*bʰendʰ-
5
*bʰenǵʰ-
2
*bʰer-
40
*bʰera-
1
*bʰerem-
1
*bʰergʰ-
4
*bʰerH-
6
*bʰerHǵ-
1
*bʰermen
1
*bʰers-
2
*bʰerw-
1
*bʰerǵʰ-
5
*bʰew-
5
*bʰewd-
1
*bʰewdʰ-
6
*bʰewg-
4
*bʰewgʰ-
4
*bʰewsóm
1
*bʰewt-
1
*bʰey-
1
*bʰeyd-
7
*bʰeydʰ-
14
*bʰeyH-
1
*bʰeyh₂-
1
*bʰh₂nyéti
2
*bʰleg-
2
*bʰleh₁-
10
*bʰleh₃-
6
*bʰleh₃-s-
1
*bʰlendʰ-
2
*bʰleyǵ-
3
*bʰlēw-
1
*bʰl̥no-
1
*bʰoln-
1
*bʰosós
2
*bʰreg-
6
*bʰreh₁-
4
*bʰrekʷ-
1
*bʰrem-
1
*bʰren-
1
*bʰrenk-
1
*bʰrenw-
1
*bʰres-
1
*bʰrest-
1
*bʰrew-
5
*bʰrewh₁-
4
*bʰrews-
3
*bʰruHg-
2
*bʰrusgo-
1
*bʰréh₂tēr
3
*bʰudʰmḗn
2
*bʰuH-
18
*bʰuHyéti
1
*bʰuǵ-
1
*bʰébʰrus
1
*bʰéh₂-meh₂
1
*bʰélō
1
*bʰéreti
1
*bʰértis
1
*bʰórsos
1