Proto-Indo-European

*gʷet-

‘to say’

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

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

• pudding ← podynge ← boudin ← botellus ← botulus
• bowel ← bouel ← boïel ← botellus ← botulus
• quid ← quide ← cwudu ← *kweduz
• bequest ← biqueste ← queste ← *cwist ← *kwissiz
• bitumen ← bithumen ← *bitū ← *gʷét
• bequeath ← biquethen ← becweþan ← cweþan ← *kweþan
• botulism ← Botulismus ← botulus
• cud ← code ← cudu ← *kwidu ← *kweduz
• botulinum ← botulus
• quoth ← cwæþ ← *kwaþ
• quist ← quiste ← *cwiss ← *kwissiz ← *gʷét-ti-s
• betulinyl ← betulla ← *bitu ← *betwiyos ← *gʷetu-yo-s

More words from *gʷet-

• betulate
• betulase
• bituminate
• bituminiferous
• botulin
• boyau
• botuliform
• botulotoxin
• budino
• queth
• whid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-