Proto-Indo-European

*ḱorkeh₂

‘gravel’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂, most familiar first.

• sugar ← sugre ← çucre ← zucchero ← سُكَّر
• jaggery ← jágara ← ചക്കര ← शर्करा ← *śárkaraH
• saccharin ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ ← sakkharā
• saccharide ← saccharo- ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• hypersaccharine ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• nonsaccharine ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• oversaccharine ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• saccharolytic ← saccharo- ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• saccharinic ← saccharin ← Saccharin ← saccharum ← saccharon
• saccharinely ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• saccharinity ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ
• saccharinize ← saccharine ← saccharum ← saccharon ← σάκχαρ

More words from *ḱorkeh₂

• saccharinish
• unsaccharine

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂