Proto-Indo-European

*kagʰ-

‘to keep, enclose’

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

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

• hatch ← hacche ← hæċ ← *hakkju ← *haggju
• hedge ← hegge ← heċġ ← *haggju ← *hagjō
• quay ← kay ← kay ← *kagyum ← *kagyom
• inchoate ← incohātus ← incohō ← cohum
• inchoative ← inchoātīvus ← incohātīvus ← incohō ← cohum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-