Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eh₁s-

‘to burn, glow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s-.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s-, most familiar first.

• disaster ← desastre ← disastro ← astro ← astrum
• sterling ← *steorling ← steorra ← *sterrō ← *sternǭ
• stella ← *stērlā ← *h₂stḗr
• asteroid ← ἀστεροειδής ← ἀστήρ ← *astḗr ← *h₂stḗr
• constellation ← constellacioun ← cōnstēllātiōnem ← cōnstēllātiō ← stēlla
• astral ← astrālis ← astrum ← ἄστρον ← ἀστήρ
• aster ← ἀστήρ ← *h₂stḗr
• stellate ← stēllātus ← stēlla ← *stērlā ← *h₂stḗr
• asterism ← ἀστερισμός ← ἀστήρ ← *astḗr ← *h₂stḗr
• asterion ← ἀστήρ ← *astḗr ← *h₂stḗr
• starn ← sterne ← stjarna ← *sternǭ ← *h₂stḗr
• sporades ← ἀστέρες ← *astḗr ← *h₂stḗr

More words from *h₂eh₁s-

• diaster
• apastron
• asteriscus
• astroite
• astraean
• asteronym
• astrite
• astroit
• astrion
• estoile
• stelliform
• stellionate
• stellular
• stellerid
• stellion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s-