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)
*Heh₃l-
2
*Hreh₁dʰ-
1
*Hreh₃d-
1
*Hreth₂-
2
*Hrew-
1
*Hrewdʰ-
1
*Hrewp-
11
*Hreydʰ-
1
*Hreyǵ-
2
*Hreǵ-
1
*Hroth₂o-
1
*Hwerdʰ-
1
*hxngwnis
2
*h₁ed-
7
*h₁elḱ-
1
*h₁em-
6
*h₁en
1
*h₁eng-
1
*h₁epi
2
*h₁er-
2
*h₁erh₁-
1
*h₁ers-
2
*h₁es-
12
*h₁ews-
2
*h₁ey-
13
*h₁eyH-
1
*h₁eǵ-
3
*h₁eǵʰs
1
*h₁eḱ-
1
*h₁lengʷʰ-
3
*h₁lewdʰ-
4
*h₁l̥h₁onbʰos
1
*h₁néwn̥
2
*h₁nómn̥
6
*h₁n̥gʷnis
1
*h₁rebʰ-
1
*h₁reh₁-
2
*h₁rewdʰ-
4
*h₁rey-
3
*h₁reyb-
2
*h₁reyp-
3
*h₁roypnós
1
*h₁wegʷʰ-
3
*h₁weh₂-
10
*h₁weydʰh₁-
3
*h₁widʰéwh₂
2
*h₁yaǵ-
1
*h₁édti
1
*h₁émnos
1
*h₁én
1
*h₁énteros
1
*h₁ésh₂r̥
1
*h₁ésmi
1
*h₁ésti
2
*h₁óynos
2
*h₂eg-
1
*h₂egʰ-
3
*h₂eHs-
5
*h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe
1
*h₂eh₂óyḱe
1
*h₂ekʷeh₂
1
*h₂el-
11
*h₂el- (grow)
7
*h₂el- (other)
7
*h₂elh₂- (wander)
1
*h₂en-
9
*h₂enh₁-
7
*h₂enk-
1
*h₂ent-
4
*h₂entíos
1
*h₂enǵʰ-
6
*h₂ep-
2
*h₂epo
2
*h₂epó
1
*h₂er-
33
*h₂er-mo-
1
*h₂ergʰ-
3
*h₂erk-
3
*h₂erǵ-
4
*h₂es-
1
*h₂ew-
10
*h₂ewg-
11
*h₂ews-
5
*h₂ey-
12
*h₂eydʰ-
3
*h₂eym-
2
*h₂eys-
1
*h₂eyu-
2
*h₂eyǵ-
1
*h₂eyḱ-
3
*h₂eǵ-
27
*h₂eḱ-
18
*h₂eḱmoros
1
*h₂eḱs-
2
*h₂ger-
3
*h₂leg-
1