Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

‘to turn’

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

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

• cycle ← cicle ← cyclus ← κύκλος ← *kúklos
• pole ← polus ← πόλος ← *pólos ← *kʷól-os
• bicycle ← cycle ← cyclus ← κύκλος ← *kúklos
• polar ← polāris ← polus ← πόλος ← *pólos
• columnist
• loaf ← laf ← hlāf ← *hlaib ← *hlaibaz
• bazaar ← bazar ← بازار ← بازار ← wʾčʾl
• pulley ← puly ← poulie ← polidia ← πολίδιον
• accolade ← acolada ← accollato ← ad ← *ad
• bucolic ← būcolicus ← βουκολικός ← βουκόλος ← *gʷoukólos
• décolletage ← décolleter ← collet ← collet ← col
• colline ← collina ← collina ← collinus ← collis

More words from *kʷel-

• chleb
• decollate
• palingenesia
• quellio
• razbazarivanie
• telesm

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-