Proto-Indo-European

*h₂wéh₁n̥ts

‘blowing’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, most familiar first.

• event ← éventer ← *exventāre ← ventus ← *wē̆ntos
• winter ← *wintru ← *wintruz ← *h₂wéh₁n̥tos
• wind ← wynd ← *windaz ← *h₂wéh₁n̥tos
• headwind ← *hedwind ← hēafodwind ← wind ← *wind
• vata ← वात ← *HwáHatas
• subventaneous ← ventus ← *wē̆ntos
• ventanna ← ventana ← ventana ← *ventāna ← ventus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts