Proto-Indo-European

*Hreth₂-

‘to run, roll’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-, most familiar first.

• rotation ← rotātiō ← rotō ← rota ← *rotā
• rash ← *ræsċ ← *rask ← *raskaz
• rotary ← rotarius ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂-eh₂
• rotate ← rotātus ← rotō
• rodeo ← rodear ← rueda ← rueda ← rota
• rota ← *Hróth₂-eh₂
• rotund ← rotundus ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂-eh₂
• rotavirus ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂eh₂
• rueda ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂eh₂
• rotella ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂-eh₂
• rotifer ← rota ← *rotā ← *Hróth₂-eh₂
• barouche ← Barutsche ← baroccio ← *birotium ← birotus

More words from *Hreth₂-

• rowel
• orotund
• birotate
• birotula
• rondure
• rotiform
• rotal
• rouelle
• rotaprint
• ruote
• sdrucciola

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-