Proto-Indo-European

*h₃rewk-

‘to till, dig’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-, most familiar first.

• rock ← rokken ← roccian ← *rokkōn ← *rukkōną
• rocket ← rocchetta ← rocca ← rocko ← *rokkō
• arroyo ← arrugia
• rog ← roggen ← roccian ← *rukkōn ← *rukkōną
• ruche ← rusche ← rusche ← rusca ← rūsca
• oryctere ← ὀρυκτήρ ← ὀρῠ́σσω ← *orút͏̌t͏̌ō
• oryctography ← ὀρυκτός ← ὀρῠ́σσω
• oryctics ← ὀρυκτικός ← ὀρυκτός ← ὀρῠ́σσω
• runcation ← runcātus ← runcō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-