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)
*spreutan
1
*spring
1
*sprungi
1
*sprāku
1
*spurō
1
*spānu
1
*spīwan
1
*spōan
1
*spōdi
1
*stab
1
*stadi
1
*stahlī
1
*staigri
1
*stain
1
*stakō
1
*stamni
1
*stampōn
1
*stamrōn
1
*standan
1
*stappjan
1
*stapul
1
*stark
1
*sterban
1
*sterrō
1
*stert
1
*stiki
1
*stikkōn
1
*stillī
1
*stiurijan
1
*stokk
1
*stokōn
1
*stoppōn
2
*straikōn
1
*strakkjan
2
*strakkjandī
1
*strang
1
*strangi
1
*strangiþu
1
*strau
1
*straum
1
*strenō
1
*strikan
1
*strātu
1
*strīdan
1
*strīkan
1
*strīpā
1
*stubb
1
*stubu
1
*stīf
1
*stōl
1
*sum
1
*sumar
1
*sunnju
1
*sunnā
1
*Sunnōn dag
1
*sunu
1
*sunþr
1
*swaipijan
1
*swalīk
1
*swan
1
*swarjan
1
*swarm
1
*swarmijan
1
*swelg
1
*swelgan
1
*swellan
1
*swerd
1
*swilljan
1
*swimman
1
*swindan
1
*swingan
1
*swā
1
*swōtī
1
*sād
1
*sālīg
1
*sān(ō)
1
*Sāturnas dag
1
*sīd
1
*sīkan
1
*sōkijan
1
*sūkan
1
*sūr
1
*tagl
1
*taihā
1
*taikijan
1
*taisijan
1
*talkōn
1
*talljan
1
*talu
1
*tam
1
*tammjan
1
*tanþ
1
*tappō
1
*taugu
1
*taum
1
*taumijan
1