Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰer-

‘warm, hot’

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

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

• warm ← wearm ← *warmaz ← *gʷʰór-mo-s
• warming ← warminge ← wærmiġende ← wierman ← *warmijan
• thermal ← *thermalis ← θέρμη
• warmth ← *wiermþu ← *warmiþu ← *warm ← *warmaz
• warmer ← warm ← warmen ← wearmian ← *warmōn
• gore ← gor ← *gor ← *gurą
• furnace ← forneys ← fornais ← fornāx ← fornus
• gory ← gyr ← gor ← *gor ← *gurą
• thermos ← θερμός ← *kʷʰermós ← *gʷʰermos
• forceps ← formus ← *formos ← *xʷormos ← *gʷʰormós
• garlick ← Görlitz ← *gorěti ← *garḗˀtei ← *gʷʰor-
• gurry ← gore ← gor ← *gor ← *gurą

More words from *gʷʰer-

• fourneau
• forcipal
• forcipation
• forcipate
• forcipated
• forcipiform
• garniec
• horilka
• hornito
• hornero
• hydrotherophyte
• isothere
• therophyte
• thermotic

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-