Proto-Indo-European

*h₃er-

‘to move, to stir’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.

31 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-, most familiar first.

• run ← runnen
• original ← orīginālis ← orīgō ← orior ← *oriōr
• ride ← riden ← rīdan ← *rīdan ← *rīdaną
• originally ← originali ← original ← original ← orīginālis
• origin ← origine ← origine ← orīgō ← orior
• earn ← erne ← rennen ← rinnan ← *rinnaną
• abortion ← abortiōnem ← aborior ← orior ← *oriōr
• orient ← oriēns
• originality ← originalité ← original ← orīginālis ← orīgō
• abort ← abortus ← aborior ← orior ← *oriōr
• yearning ← yernyng ← rynning
• irritable ← irritabilis ← irrītō ← *h₃riH-tó-s ← *h₃reyH-

More words from *h₃er-

• irritate
• yearn
• aborigines
• origination
• ornithology
• orienteering
• erne
• aborigine
• orogeny
• origo
• rine
• oread
• abortus
• abirritant
• enantiornithine
• ornithon
• orienteer
• ornis
• oreinirostral

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-