Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic (1006)
*a
1
*abbjā
1
*aftar
1
*aggju
1
*ahtō
1
*aigan
2
*aik
1
*aikwernō
1
*ain
1
*ainīg
1
*aiskōn
1
*aiw
2
*aiþ
1
*aiʀ
1
*akan
1
*aki
1
*akr
1
*ald
1
*all
1
*alljas
1
*allswā
1
*andadōn
1
*andarādan
1
*andī
1
*angil
1
*angul
1
*ankul
1
*applu
1
*apō
1
*arhu
1
*arm
1
*askā
1
*augahlid
1
*augā
1
*austr
1
*auwjuland
1
*auʀahring
1
*auʀā
1
*awi
1
*bablōn
1
*badi
1
*bait
1
*baitijan
1
*bak
1
*bakan
1
*baki
1
*bakku
1
*balgi
1
*baltī̆
1
*balþ
1
*bandijan
1
*banki
2
*bannan
2
*bard
1
*bars
1
*baswō
1
*batiʀō
1
*baum
1
*baunu
1
*bautan
1
*baþ
1
*baþōn
1
*bebru
1
*bedagō
1
*bedu
1
*bedukōn
1
*bellā
1
*berg
1
*berht
1
*berō
1
*beuʀ
1
*biddjan
1
*biginnan
1
*bihabbjan
1
*bihaisi
1
*bihindan
1
*bijā
1
*bilaubijan
1
*bindan
2
*binut
1
*biskop
1
*bisīg
1
*bitr
1
*biūtan
1
*blad
1
*blaik
1
*blaikijan
1
*blak
1
*blasī
1
*blaʀjan
1
*blind
1
*blokk
1
*blāan
1
*blāstu
1
*blīþisi
1
*blōd
1