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)
*fau
1
*fegōn
1
*fehtan
1
*felt
1
*felþu
1
*ferh
1
*feurþō
1
*feuwar
1
*feþru
1
*fijand
1
*fingr
1
*finþan
1
*fisk
1
*fiþulā
1
*flagā
1
*flati
1
*flauh
1
*fleugan
1
*fleuhan
1
*fleut
1
*flikurōn
1
*flint
1
*flotrōn
1
*flotōn
1
*fluhti
1
*flōan
1
*flōdu
1
*flōr
1
*fneusan
1
*fnāʀijan
1
*folgēn
1
*folk
1
*forþ
1
*forēhaubid
1
*frageban
1
*fragetan
1
*frek
1
*freusan
1
*frijadōm
1
*frisk
1
*friund
1
*friundskapi
1
*froggō
1
*frostag
1
*frī
1
*Frījā dag
1
*fuhs
1
*fuir
1
*full
1
*fullijan
1
*funkō
1
*furh
1
*furhisti
1
*furist
1
*furkō
1
*furþer
1
*fōdijan
1
*fōdr
1
*fōdō
1
*fōlijan
1
*fōstr
1
*fōt
1
*fūl
1
*gadurōn
1
*gailu
1
*gainōn
1
*gaist
1
*gaistalīk
1
*gallā
1
*galīk
1
*galīkanassī
1
*gamakō
1
*gaman
1
*gangan
1
*gard
1
*garni
1
*gat
1
*gawar
1
*geld
2
*geldan
1
*gelu
1
*geutan
1
*gimmu
1
*ginōn
1
*glimmisōjan
1
*glāʀōn
1
*glīdan
1
*glīw
1
*glōan
1
*gnagan
1
*god
1
*golþ
1
*grab
1
*grabbōn
1
*graipisōn
1
*grallī
1