Proto-Indo-European

*gʷelh₂-

‘acorn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-, most familiar first.

• gland ← glande ← glandre ← glandulae ← glandula
• bain ← bayne ← balneum ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος
• glans ← *glānts
• banya ← ба́ня ← *baňa ← baneum ← balneum
• balanus ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos
• balneotherapy ← balneum ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos
• baignoire ← baigner ← baignier ← *baneare ← balneum
• balneology ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos
• bagnio ← bagno ← balneum ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος
• balneal ← balneum ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos
• balneation ← balneum ← βαλανεῖον ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos
• balanephagous ← βαλανηφάγος ← βάλανος ← *gʷə́lanos

More words from *gʷelh₂-

• baniak
• balneary
• balneography
• balaniferous
• balanoid
• balaneion
• glandule

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-