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)
*h₂leyH-
1
*h₂meh₁-
2
*h₂melǵ-
2
*h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ-
2
*h₂neḱ-
1
*h₂pó
1
*h₂reh₁-
1
*h₂reh₁dʰ-
1
*h₂rey-
2
*h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s
1
*h₂r̥mós
1
*h₂stḗr
7
*h₂weg-
2
*h₂weh₁-
7
*h₂welh₁-
11
*h₂wes-
3
*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
1
*h₂yew-
8
*h₂yuHn̥ḱós
1
*h₂yuh₁en-
1
*h₂yuhₓen-
1
*h₂yéwHō
1
*h₂ébōl
1
*h₂éd
3
*h₂élyos
2
*h₂énteros
1
*h₂énti
1
*h₂érkʷo-
1
*h₂értus
1
*h₂éwsteros
1
*h₂éwtus
1
*h₂éǵeti
4
*h₂éǵros
2
*h₂ówis
2
*h₂óyu
1
*h₂ōwyóm
1
*h₂ŕ̥tḱos
1
*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
1
*h₂ṓws
1
*h₃bʰrúHs
1
*h₃dónts
4
*h₃ed-
2
*h₃ed- (bite)
3
*h₃ekʷ-
1
*h₃elh₁-
1
*h₃engʷ-
3
*h₃enh₂-
2
*h₃ep-
9
*h₃er-
13
*h₃erbʰ-
1
*h₃erdʰ-
1
*h₃ers-
1
*h₃eyt-
1
*h₃lemH-
1
*h₃negʰ-
1
*h₃nogʰ-
1
*h₃okʷ-
1
*h₃rewH-
1
*h₃reyH-
1
*h₃reǵ-
45
*h₃reǵtós
1
*h₃réǵeti
3
*h₃rḗǵs
1
*h₃éh₁os
1
*h₃órbʰos
1
*kadʰ-
1
*kagʰlos
1
*kagʰyóm
1
*kakka-
1
*kal-
1
*kap-
43
*kat-
1
*ked-
2
*kedʰ-
1
*keh2p-
1
*keHy-
2
*keh₂-
2
*keh₂d-
2
*keh₂n-
3
*keh₂p-
35
*keh₂w-
1
*kel-
4
*kelH-
8
*kelh₁-
13
*kelh₂-
4
*kendʰ-
1
*kenk-
2
*ker-
3
*kerd-
1
*kerh₃-
1
*kerp-
3
*kers-
1
*kert-
1
*kes-
1
*kewb-
2
*kewHs-
1