Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enk-

‘to make crooked, bend’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-, most familiar first.

• angle ← angel ← angol ← *angul ← *angulaz
• ing ← eng ← *angijō ← *h₂énkos
• angora ← ἄγκυρα ← *h₂enk-ur-ya-
• ancon ← ἀγκών
• ankylosis ← ἀγκύλωσις ← ἀγκυλόω ← ἀγκύλος
• ancylostoma ← ἀγκύλος
• uncus ← *onkos ← *h₂ónkos
• ancylite ← ἀγκύλος
• angon ← ἄγγων ← *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 ← *angô ← *h₂énk-ō
• anconeus ← anconaeus ← ἀγκών
• ancistroid ← ἄγκιστρον ← ἄγκος ← *ánkos ← *h₂énkos
• ankyroid ← ἄγκυρα ← *h₂enk-ur-ya-

More words from *h₂enk-

• crapulous
• crapulence
• crapula
• crapulent
• langgar
• unciform
• uncinus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-