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)
*mōder
1
*mōmā
1
*mōr
1
*mōtijan
1
*nagl
1
*naht
1
*nain
1
*naiwō
1
*nak(k)wad
1
*namō
1
*naru
1
*nati
1
*natilā
1
*naudi
1
*naut
1
*nest
1
*neun
1
*neurō
1
*niudi
1
*niwi
1
*norþr
1
*norþrōnī
1
*nosu
1
*notu
1
*nāþlu
1
*nū
1
*obar
1
*obarlaggjan
1
*ofn
1
*ohsō
1
*opan
1
*opanungu
1
*opanōn
1
*otr
1
*paddā
1
*pakkō
1
*panning
1
*pannā
1
*paþ
1
*peru
1
*pik
1
*pikkōn
1
*pipar
1
*plakkju
1
*plantu
1
*plegārī
1
*plegōn
1
*plehan
2
*plugi
1
*plukkōn
1
*plūmā
1
*poll
1
*pos
1
*prattug
1
*prikō
1
*puk
1
*pulwī
1
*pund
1
*pusō
1
*putōn
1
*pāl
1
*pīk
1
*pīnapplu
1
*pīnā
1
*pīpā
1
*raidijan
1
*raidu
1
*raikijan
1
*raip
1
*rairōn
1
*raiʀijan
1
*rank
1
*rastu
1
*ratt
1
*raʀn
1
*regn
1
*regnabogō
1
*regnag
1
*reht
1
*rehtalīkā
1
*rekan
1
*rekanōn
1
*reudan
1
*ribi
1
*rokkō
1
*rādan
1
*rādāri
1
*rīb
1
*rīdan
1
*rīkī
1
*rīpan
1
*rīpī
1
*rīsan
1
*rūm
1
*sad
1
*saggjan
1