Proto-Indo-European

*dʰerǵʰ-

‘to bind fast’

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

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

• dry ← drye ← drȳġe ← *drūgī ← *drūgiz
• comfort ← cunfort ← confortō ← fortis ← forctis
• fordry ← fordrien ← fordrūgian ← drūgian ← *drūgijan

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ-