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)
*hwisprōn
1
*hwistlōn
1
*hwār
1
*hwīlu
1
*hwōpan
1
*hār
2
*hą̄han
1
*hą̄hilō
1
*hēr
1
*hōd
1
*hōk
1
*hūilōn
1
*hūs
1
*hūʀiju
1
*ik
1
*im
1
*impōn
1
*ist
1
*iuwar
1
*iwwi
1
*jabu
1
*jukkjan
1
*jung
1
*juwunþa
1
*jār
1
*kaiju
1
*kald
1
*kali
1
*kamb
1
*kamp
1
*kampōn
1
*kappā
1
*karm
1
*karu
1
*karēn
1
*kattu
1
*kaup
1
*kaupōn
1
*kerban
1
*keusan
1
*kilþ
1
*kinnu
1
*kippōn
1
*kirikā
1
*kirsijā
1
*kiukīn
1
*klainisōn
1
*klainiʀō
1
*klainī
2
*klammjan
1
*kleuban
1
*klib
1
*klibēn
1
*klimban
1
*klingan
1
*kliuwīn
1
*klott
1
*klukkjan
1
*klūt
1
*kneu
1
*knokōn
1
*knottō
1
*knukil
1
*knuttijan
1
*knāan
1
*kokar
1
*kokōn
1
*kol
1
*kolk
1
*kopp
1
*korn
1
*krabbō
1
*kraftu
1
*krafōn
1
*krakōn
2
*krampu
1
*kreupan
1
*kropp
1
*krukkju
1
*krāan
1
*krūdan
1
*kuddō
1
*kuh-
1
*kukinā
1
*kukkīn
1
*kundi
1
*kuning
1
*kunnan
1
*kurnil
1
*kussijan
1
*kwalm
1
*kweman
1
*kwiku
1
*kwulljan
1
*kwāni
1
*kākā
1