Proto-Indo-European

*dreh₂-

‘to run’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-, most familiar first.

• trade ← trada ← *trudo ← *tradō
• trot ← trotten ← trotter ← *trottō ← *trottōn
• drow ← *drou ← draugr ← troll ← trǫll
• trow ← *drou ← draugr ← troll ← trǫll
• trold ← troll ← troll ← *truzlą

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-