Proto-Indo-European

*h₃negʰ-

‘nail’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-, most familiar first.

• onyx ← oniche ← oniche ← ὄνυξ
• ungulate ← ungulātus ← ungula ← unguis
• sardonyx ← sardonix
• paronychia ← ὄνυξ
• endonyx ← ὄνυξ
• leuconychia ← ὄνυξ
• onglet ← ongle ← *ungla ← ungula ← unguis
• onycha ← ὄνῠξ
• onychinus ← ὀνῠ́χῐνος ← ὄνῠξ
• ungula ← unguis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-