Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti

‘to be sharp-eared, to hear well’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

39 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti, most familiar first.

• hear ← har ← hēran ← *hauʀijan ← *hauzijaną
• acoustic ← acousticus ← ἀκουστῐκός ← ἀκούω ← *akóuhō
• acoustics ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• hark ← herken ← *hercian ← *hauʀikōn ← *hauzijaną
• acoustical ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• photoacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• mishear ← misheren ← mishīeran ← hīeran ← *hauʀijan
• psychoacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• otoacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• acoustician ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• thermoacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• hydroacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω

More words from *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti

• acoumeter
• acoumetry
• acousmatic
• acousticky
• acousticness
• aeroacoustic
• akousma
• anacoustic
• bioacoustic
• catacoustic
• diacoustic
• ecoacoustic
• hearsome
• hypakoë
• microacoustic
• nonacoustic
• optoacoustic
• otacoustic
• physioacoustic
• polyacoustic
• semiacoustic
• subacoustic
• superacoustic
• unacoustic
• vibroacoustic
• vibracoustic
• ypakoë

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti