Proto-Indo-European

*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

‘wool’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, most familiar first.

• wool ← wolle ← wull ← *wullu ← *wullō
• flannel ← flaunneol ← flaine ← *wlānos
• woolen ← wollen ← wyllen ← *wullīnaz ← *wullō
• woll ← wollen ← wyllen ← *wullīnaz ← *wullō
• urna ← ऊर्णा ← *Hwŕ̥HnaH
• lanner ← lanier ← lānārius ← lāna ← *wlāna
• lanugo ← lāna ← *wlāna
• oose ← oo ← wull ← *wullu ← *wullō
• lanose ← lānōsus ← lāna ← *wlāna
• lanate ← lānātus ← lāna ← *wlānā
• lanuginose ← lānūginōsus ← lānūgō ← lāna ← *wlānā
• lanary ← lanaria ← lanarius ← lāna ← *wlāna

More words from *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

• lanosity
• lanameter
• wooled
• woolward

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂