Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewsér

‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér, most familiar first.

• air ← aire ← āēr ← ᾱ̓ήρ ← *auhḗr
• plane ← aeroplane ← aéroplane ← ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος ← πλανάω
• easter ← ēast ← *austr ← *austraz ← *h₂éwsteros
• aerial ← ἀέριος ← ἀήρ ← *auhḗr
• malaria ← aria ← āera ← ἀήρ ← *auhḗr
• aura ← αὔρα ← *auhrā ← *h₂éwsr̥h₂
• aria ← āera ← ᾱ̓ήρ ← *auhḗr
• aero ← ᾱ̓ήρ ← *auhḗr
• eastward ← estward ← ēastweard ← ēast ← *austr
• aeroplane ← ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος ← πλανάω ← ᾱ̓ήρ ← *auhḗr
• aural ← aura ← αὔρα ← *auhrā ← *h₂éwsr̥h₂
• aerate ← aer ← ᾱ̓ήρ ← *auhḗr

More words from *h₂ewsér

• aerator
• arietta
• aery
• arioso
• aeriform
• aerenchyma
• aerian
• aereous
• aerifaction
• aeroscepsis
• ariose
• ariette
• eastmost
• oragious

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér