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)
*blōdag
1
*blōdijan
1
*blōdisōn
1
*bodag
1
*bollā
1
*bolt
1
*boran
1
*borgōn
1
*borōn
1
*bragn
1
*braid
1
*braud
1
*brekan
2
*brestan
1
*breust
1
*brigdil
1
*bringan
1
*brinnan
1
*bruki
1
*brāmil
1
*brāþi
1
*brōmi
1
*brōþer
1
*brūdi
1
*brūn
1
*buggjan
1
*buhsā
1
*buhti
1
*burgijan
1
*burþini
1
*buterā
1
*butm
1
*buþlijan
1
*buʀdā
1
*bī
1
*bītan
1
*bōjō
1
*bōk
1
*bōþl
1
*daftī
1
*dag
1
*dagalīk
1
*dailijan
1
*daub
1
*daud
1
*daugu
1
*dauþalīk
1
*dauþu
1
*derk
1
*deup
1
*deuʀ
1
*dimm
1
*disk
1
*diubul
1
*diuriling
1
*diurī
1
*dohter
1
*dol
1
*dott
1
*dragan
1
*drahti
1
*draum
1
*drinkan
1
*dropō
1
*drīban
1
*drūgijan
1
*drūgī
1
*dubbōn
1
*dumb
1
*dungu
1
*duppjan
1
*dur
1
*durʀan
1
*dusīg
1
*dwerg
1
*dādi
1
*dān
1
*dīkōn
1
*dōk
1
*dōm
1
*dōmijan
1
*dōn
1
*dūbā
1
*dūnā
1
*ebn
1
*erþu
1
*etan
1
*fagr
1
*fahs
1
*faimnijā
1
*fallan
1
*falud
1
*faran
1
*farjan
1
*fastinōn
1
*fastēn
1