Proto-Indo-European

*h₁reh₁-

‘friable, thin’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-, most familiar first.

• rest ← ræst ← *rastu ← *rastō
• rare ← rārus
• row ← rowen ← rōwan ← *rōaną
• rudder ← rodder ← rōþor ← *rōþr ← *rōþrą
• roo ← rō
• ramshackle ← ransaken ← rannsaka ← *razną
• rudderless ← rudder ← rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr
• ransack ← ransaken ← rannsaka ← *razną
• rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr ← *rōþrą ← *rōaną
• trireme ← trirēmis ← rēmus ← *rē(z)mos
• rown ← rowen ← rōwen ← *rōanaz ← *rōaną
• rudderlike ← rudder ← rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr

More words from *h₁reh₁-

• ruddered
• barn

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-