Proto-Indo-European

*kleh₂u-

‘nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-, most familiar first.

• conclusion ← conclūsiō ← conclūdere ← claudō
• enclosure ← enclore ← inclūdere ← claudō
• enclave ← enclaver ← *inclāvāre ← clavis ← *klāwis
• clavicle ← clavicule ← clāvicula ← clāvis ← *klāwis
• clef ← clāvis ← *klāwis
• clave ← clāvis ← *klāwis
• clavier ← clavis ← *klāwis
• clavis ← *klāwis
• clou ← clāvus ← *klāwos
• claves ← clāvis ← *klāwis
• clavicula ← clāvis ← *klāwis
• claviature ← Klaviatur ← clāvis ← *klāwis

More words from *kleh₂u-

• epicleidium
• hypocleidium
• klendusity

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-