Proto-Indo-European

*h₃dénts

‘tooth, peg’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, most familiar first.

• dentist ← dentiste ← dent ← dent ← dent
• tine ← tinde ← tind ← *tind
• redan ← dent ← dent ← dent ← dentem
• tind ← *tindaz
• dentelle ← dent ← dent ← dent ← dentem

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts