Proto-Indo-European

*Hreh₃d-

‘to gnaw, scrape, scratch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d-.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d-, most familiar first.

• root ← wrōten ← wrōtan ← *wrōtan ← *wrōtaną
• rat ← raat ← ræt ← *ratt ← *rattaz
• erosion ← ērōsiō ← ērōdō ← rōdō
• corrosion ← corrosioun ← corrōsiōnem ← corrōsiō ← corrōdō
• rodent ← rōdēns ← rōdō
• rout ← wroot ← wroten ← wrōtan ← *wrōtan
• erode ← éroder ← ērōdō ← rōdō
• rostrum ← rōdō
• corrode ← corrōden ← corroder ← corrōdere ← rōdō
• rostral ← rostrum ← rōdō
• corrodent ← corrōdēns ← corrōdō ← rōdō
• dentiroster ← rostrum ← rōdō

More words from *Hreh₃d-

• rostrate
• rostrulum
• rostriform
• rotche

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d-