Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ŕ̥tḱos

‘bear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos, most familiar first.

• ursine ← ursīnus ← ursus
• cynarctomachy ← ἄρκτος ← *árktos
• ursiform ← ursus
• ursicidal ← ursus
• ursusagalmatophilia ← ursus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos