Proto-Indo-European

*kleh₂-

‘to put’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-, most familiar first.

• last ← hlæst ← *hlastuz
• clerk ← clerc ← clerc ← clēricus ← κληρικός
• clergy ← clergie ← clergie ← clēricātus ← clēricus
• loot ← loet ← *lōta ← *lōtija ← *hlōþþijō
• cleric ← clēricus ← κληρικός ← κλῆρος
• clerical ← clēricālis ← clēricus ← κληρικός ← κλῆρος
• ladle ← ladel ← hlædel ← *hlaþaną
• lade ← laden ← hladan ← *hlaþan ← *hlaþaną
• laith ← lathe ← hladan ← *hlaþan ← *hlaþaną
• clerisy ← κλῆρος
• cleromancy ← κλῆρος
• clerocracy ← clerus ← κλῆρος

More words from *kleh₂-

• kleros
• loaden

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-