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)
*neh₂w-
1
*nek-
2
*nem-
8
*nes-
1
*new-
1
*new- (new)
3
*new- (nod)
1
*newd-
2
*newo-
2
*neḱ-
3
*nisdós
1
*nogʷ-
2
*né
2
*néh₂s
1
*néh₂s-
1
*néh₂us
2
*néptih₂
1
*népōts
1
*nér
1
*néwyos
1
*nókʷts
2
*okw-
1
*op-
1
*oḱtṓw
2
*pag-
1
*par-
1
*patrom
1
*pau-
1
*ped-
14
*peh2-
1
*peh₁-
8
*peh₂-
21
*peh₂n-
1
*peh₂s-
1
*peh₂w-
7
*peh₂ǵ-
7
*peh₂ḱ-
2
*peh₃-
3
*pekʷ-
6
*pel-
5
*pel- (beat)
10
*pel- (fold)
1
*peled-
1
*pelH-
2
*pelh₁-
2
*pelh₂-
5
*pelito-
1
*pelḱ-
1
*pen-
1
*penkʷrós
1
*pent-
3
*per
1
*per-
65
*per- (fare)
10
*perg-
1
*perh₃-
6
*perkʷ-
3
*perḱ-
3
*pet-
1
*peth₂-
15
*peuH-
2
*peuǵ-
3
*pewH-
16
*pewǵ-
6
*peyH-
1
*peyk-
1
*peymen-
1
*peysk-
3
*peyḱ-
2
*peḱ-
6
*peḱ- (pluck)
1
*ph₂tḗr
7
*pleHk-
1
*pleh₁-
23
*pleh₁ḱ-
1
*pleh₂-
6
*pleh₂-k-
1
*pleh₂ros
1
*plek-
7
*pleth₂-
3
*plew-
5
*plewd-
3
*plewk-
4
*pleÊ°â‚ -
1
*pleḱ-
13
*ploḱ-skō
1
*plúsis
1
*plōw-
1
*pl̥h₁nós
4
*pl̥h₂(e)meh₂
1
*pnew-
2
*po-s(i)nere
1
*pod-
1
*porḱos
2
*poḱsom
1
*preh₂-
7