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)
*teuʀōn
1
*tigulā
1
*tigā
1
*tikkīn
1
*timr
1
*tin
1
*tiugī̆
1
*togōn
1
*toll
1
*topp
1
*tradu
1
*trampan
1
*trandijan
1
*trappjan
1
*trappjā
1
*trauwi
1
*tredan
1
*trekan
1
*treu
1
*trindan
1
*trokōn
1
*trummjan
1
*tungā
1
*turnēn
1
*twai-
1
*twikkijan
1
*tą̄h(ī)
1
*tīmō
1
*Tīwas dag
1
*tōgadura
1
*tōward
1
*tūn
2
*tūnijan
1
*ubil
1
*undar
1
*undarstandandī
1
*understandan
1
*uwwilā
1
*wabi
1
*waddjōn
1
*wagn
1
*wahsan
1
*wahstu
1
*wakan
1
*wakkjan
1
*wakēn
1
*waliþu
1
*wallijā
1
*walwōn
1
*wandarōn
1
*wankijan
1
*wanō
1
*wapsu
1
*wardu
1
*wargijan
1
*warm
1
*warmiþu
1
*waskan
1
*waskandī
1
*watar
1
*waʀjan
1
*weban
1
*wedr
1
*weg
1
*wegan
1
*weraldi
1
*werk
1
*werkamann
1
*werþ
1
*wesan
1
*westr
1
*widu
1
*widuwā
1
*wikkō
1
*wikā
1
*willjakwemō
1
*willjan
1
*wilþī
1
*wind
1
*winkōn
1
*winnan
1
*wintru
1
*wirsiʀō
1
*witan
1
*witīg
1
*wiþi
1
*wiʀ
1
*word
1
*wristu
1
*wrītan
1
*wulf
1
*wullu
1
*wundr
1
*wundrafull
1
*wunskijan
1
*wurdi
1