Proto-Indo-European
*h₂welh₁-
‘hair’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
64 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-, most familiar first.
- value ← valew ← valēre ← *walēō
- wild ← weilde ← wilde ← *wilþī ← *wilþijaz
- equivalent ← aequivalentem ← aequivaleō ← valeō ← *walēō
- valid ← valide ← validus ← valeō ← *walēō
- wool ← wolle ← wull ← *wullu ← *wullō
- invalid ← invalide ← invalidus ← validus ← valeō
- velvet ← veluet ← *villutittus ← villus ← vellus
- valuation ← valoir ← valeō ← *walēō ← *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
- validity ← validité ← validitas ← validus ← valeō
- validation
- vale ← valeō ← *walēō ← *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
- avail ← availen ← a ← valoir ← valeō
More words from *h₂welh₁-
- validate
- valiant
- wield
- fluff
- flannel
- vail
- ambivalent
- invalidate
- valour
- valence
- cuckold
- unwieldy
- ambivalence
- woolen
- convalescent
- velour
- convalescence
- lanolin
- valorous
- woll
- valency
- convalesce
- villous
- villus
- urna
- lanner
- valorisation
- valiance
- vellus
- lanugo
- countervail
- oose
- invalescence
- lanose
- lanate
- lanuginose
- lanary
- lanosity
- lanameter
- valetudinarian
- valuta
- valetudinary
- valure
- valetudinous
- valeology
- valetudinarious
- valetude
- vellon
- villiform
- villin
- wooled
- woolward
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-