Proto-Indo-European

*dʰenh₂-

‘run, flow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, most familiar first.

• fountain ← fontaine ← fontana ← fontanus ← fons
• font ← fons ← *fontis
• dene ← *dani ← *daniz
• fontanelle ← fontenelle ← fontaine ← fontāna ← fontānus
• fonticulus ← fōns ← *fontis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-