Proto-Indo-European

*gʷih₃wós

‘alive, living’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

41 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós, most familiar first.

• quick ← quik ← cwic ← *kwiku ← *kwikwaz
• vital ← vītālis ← vīta ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• couch ← quich ← cwice ← *kwikwā ← *kwikwǭ
• vivid ← vīvidus ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō ← *gʷíh₃weti
• vive ← vivus ← *gʷīwos
• quicken ← quiken ← cwician ← cwic ← *kwiku
• quicksilver ← quyk silver ← cwicseolfor ← cwic ← *kwiku
• quickness ← quyknesse ← quyk ← cwic ← *kwiku
• vivacious ← vīvāx ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō ← *gʷíh₃weti
• convivial ← convīvium ← convīva ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivacity ← vīvācitās ← vīvāx ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• jiva ← जीव ← *ǰiHwás

More words from *gʷih₃wós

• vivace
• vivarium
• vivat
• victual
• revivify
• redivivus
• azole
• veve
• vivify
• viveur
• azote
• azine
• azepine
• azalogue
• convive
• convival
• diazine
• jivanmukti
• perezhivanie
• reviviscent
• reviction
• thiazine
• vivisepulture
• viand
• vivification
• vivers
• vivency
• vitology
• vitalometer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós