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)
*gras
1
*graut
2
*grindan
1
*grob
1
*grundu
1
*grāu
1
*grōan
1
*grōnī
1
*guldijā
1
*gulþīn
1
*gurdil
1
*gurilā
1
*gān
1
*gōd
1
*gōdnassī
1
*habanu
1
*habbjan
2
*habīg
1
*haggju
1
*hagl
1
*hail
1
*hailag
1
*hailasam
1
*hailijan
1
*hailiþu
1
*haim
1
*haimalīk
1
*haimastadi
1
*hait
1
*haitī
1
*halb
1
*haldan
1
*hallju
1
*hallu
1
*halt
1
*hamar
1
*handijan
1
*handulōn
1
*handīg
1
*hantijan
1
*harbist
1
*hard(ī)
1
*harjabergu
1
*harm
1
*hatēn
1
*haubud
1
*hauhiþu
1
*haup
1
*hauʀijan
1
*hawi
1
*hebun
1
*helm
1
*helpan
1
*helpārī
1
*herdu
1
*hertā
1
*hiju
1
*hin-
1
*hiʀ
1
*hlahhjan
1
*hlaib
1
*hlaidriju
1
*hlaupan
1
*hlid
1
*hlinēn
1
*hlut
1
*hlūd
1
*hnaskwōn
1
*hnodōn
1
*hnut
1
*hnutskallju
1
*holh
1
*hopōn
1
*horn
1
*hraddjan
1
*hrau
1
*hreud
1
*hross
1
*hrugi
1
*hrīdrā
1
*hrīm
1
*huluk
1
*hulwī
1
*hunag
1
*hungr
1
*hungrug
1
*huntōn
1
*huppōn
1
*hurskijan
1
*huʀdijan
1
*hwaitī
1
*hwal
1
*hwannē
1
*hwaþar
1
*hwaʀ
1
*hwehwl
1