Proto-Indo-European

*h₁ews-

‘to burn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-, most familiar first.

• combustion ← combustio ← combūrō ← ūrō ← *ouzō
• ware ← vár ← *wazrą ← *wósr̥
• urn ← urne ← urne ← urna ← ūrō
• combust ← combustus ← comburo ← ūrō ← *ouzō
• primavera ← prīma vēra ← vēr ← *wezor ← *wósr̥
• urticaria ← urtīca ← ūrō ← *ouzō ← *h₁éwseti
• combustor ← combūrō ← ūrō ← *ouzō ← *h₁éwseti
• urna ← ūrō ← *ouzō ← *h₁éwseti
• vernant ← vernans ← ver ← *wezor ← *wósr̥
• combustive ← combustīvus ← combūrō ← ūrō ← *ouzō
• adustion ← adustiō ← adūrō ← ūrō ← *ouzō
• adure ← adūrō ← ūrō ← *ouzō ← *h₁éwseti

More words from *h₁ews-

• ambustion
• baharat
• combure
• inust
• uredinium
• urtication
• urticate
• uredo
• uredinous
• uredineous
• urticoid
• ustulation
• ustulate
• ustorious
• ustion
• ustrinum
• ustic
• vernation

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-