Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeyh₃-
‘to live’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-.
79 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-, most familiar first.
- quick ← quik ← cwic ← *kwiku ← *kwikwaz
- vital ← vītālis ← vīta ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
- biology ← biologia ← βίος
- couch ← quich ← cwice ← *kwikwā ← *kwikwǭ
- kidney ← kideney ← kidenere ← nere ← cwiþ
- vitamin ← vīta ← *gʷītā ← *gʷih₃wo-teh₂
- viable ← vie ← vie ← viḍe ← vīta
- hygiene ← ὑγιεινή ← ὑγιεινός ← ὑγιής ← *h₂yu-gʷih₃-
- vivid ← vīvidus ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō ← *gʷíh₃weti
- revive ← reviven
- vitality ← vitalité ← vitalitas ← vitalis ← vīta
- zodiac ← zodiak ← zodiaque ← zōdiacus ← ζῳδιακός κύκλος
More words from *gʷeyh₃-
- anaerobic
- vive
- quicken
- quicksilver
- quickness
- vivacious
- biogenesis
- convivial
- wyvern
- vivacity
- zodiacal
- jiva
- vivace
- aerobically
- vivarium
- zoon
- anaerobically
- vivat
- abiogenesis
- victual
- revivify
- redivivus
- azole
- veve
- vivify
- viveur
- azote
- zoic
- aerobicize
- aerobe
- anaerobicity
- aquaerobic
- azine
- azepine
- azalogue
- buzgut
- convive
- coenobia
- convival
- coenoby
- diazine
- dysaerobic
- exaerobic
- jivanmukti
- microaerobic
- nanoaerobic
- nanoaerobe
- nonaerobic
- perezhivanie
- preaerobic
- reviviscent
- reviction
- semianaerobic
- semiaerobic
- sporozoid
- subaerobic
- thiazine
- thermoanaerobic
- vivisepulture
- viand
- vivification
- vivers
- vivency
- vitology
- vitalometer
- zootic
- zoothome
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-