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)
*dḱ-nos
1
*er-
1
*ers-
3
*ey-
2
*eǵh₂óm
1
*g(ʷ)el-
1
*gel-
11
*gelybʰ-
1
*gene-
3
*ger-
5
*gerbʰ-
6
*gerg-
1
*gerH-
1
*gerh₂-
2
*gew-
1
*gewt-
1
*geye-
1
*ghabh-
1
*ghend-
3
*ghredh-
3
*ghreu-
1
*ghrewə-
1
*gidʰ-
1
*gleh₁y-
1
*glemb-
1
*gleubh-
2
*glew-
2
*gley-
1
*gleybʰ-
1
*gleyt-
1
*glēk-
1
*glēy-
1
*gned-
1
*gneh₃-
2
*gnew-
1
*gneybʰ-
1
*gno-
1
*gnod-
1
*gnō-
1
*golH-so-
1
*greb-
1
*grewb-
2
*grewbʰ-
1
*grewg-
1
*grewt-
1
*grū-mo-
1
*gwem-
2
*gwhen-
1
*gʰabʰ-
1
*gʰaydn-
1
*gʰebʰ-
4
*gʰed-
12
*gʰedʰ-
4
*gʰeh₁bʰ-
11
*gʰel-
2
*gʰeldʰ-
2
*gʰend-
1
*gʰer-
5
*gʰerdʰ-
6
*gʰladʰ-
1
*gʰlew-
1
*gʰleydʰ-
1
*gʰnēgʰ-
1
*gʰradʰ-
2
*gʰrebʰ-
3
*gʰredʰ-
1
*gʰreh₁-
6
*gʰrem-
1
*gʰrewd-
2
*gʰrey-
2
*gʰórdʰos
1
*gʰóstipotis
1
*gʰóstis
1
*gʷelH-
11
*gʷelh₁-
2
*gʷem-
20
*gʷerH-
8
*gʷerh₃-
7
*gʷet-
2
*gʷewd-
1
*gʷeyh₃-
12
*gʷih₃wos
1
*gʷih₃wós
1
*gʷreh₂-
9
*gʷémt
1
*gʷémtis
1
*gʷʰedʰ-
1
*gʷʰen-
10
*gʷʰer-
2
*gʷḗn
1
*gʷṓws
6
*h1eis-
1
*h1es-
1
*h2ekʷeh2
2
*h2el-
1
*h2welh1-
1