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)
*kewh₂-
1
*kewk-
3
*kewp-
1
*keyh₁-
1
*keyh₂-
5
*kh₂em-
8
*kh₂eyd-
9
*kh₂p-
1
*kh₂pnós
1
*kh₂pyéti
1
*kleh₂-
1
*kleh₂w-
1
*klek-
2
*kleng-
1
*klewb-
1
*kl̥dó-
1
*kl̥Hnís
1
*kmtom
1
*kneh₂-
1
*knog-
1
*kog-
1
*kol-d-
1
*kortus
1
*koupos
1
*kowkós
1
*koḱs-
1
*krad-
1
*krep-
7
*kret-
3
*kreuh-
1
*kreup-
1
*krew-
1
*krewh₂-
4
*krews-
1
*krey-
28
*kris-
1
*kweid-
2
*káput
4
*kéh₂ilos
3
*kóh₂ilus
2
*kū-
1
*kʷ-
13
*kʷeh₂-
4
*kʷekʷlos
1
*kʷekʷlóm
1
*kʷel-
14
*kʷelh₁-
1
*kʷemH-
2
*kʷet-
1
*kʷetwóres
2
*kʷetwṓr
1
*kʷey
1
*kʷey-
9
*kʷeyh₁-
1
*kʷeys-
4
*kʷo-
3
*kʷos
2
*kʷoynéh₂
2
*kʷrep-
1
*kʷyeh₁-
9
*kʷékʷlos
2
*kʷís
1
*kʷód
1
*las-
1
*laḱs-
1
*leg-
1
*legʰ-
7
*leh₁d-
2
*leh₂-
5
*leh₂is-
2
*leh₂p-
1
*leh₂w-
1
*leikʷ-
1
*leis-
2
*lem-
1
*lendʰ-
4
*lendʰ- (land)
1
*lendʰ- (loin)
1
*lent-
1
*leubh-
2
*leuk-
2
*lewbʰ-
4
*lewbʰ- (cut off)
4
*lewd-
1
*lewg-
4
*lewh₁-
10
*lewh₃-
8
*lewk-
10
*lewp-
1
*lews-
1
*ley-
1
*leyg-
1
*leykʷ-
3
*leyp-
7
*leys-
4
*leys-eh₂-
1