Proto-Indo-European

*kʷyeh₁-

‘to rest’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-, most familiar first.

• while ← whyle ← hwīl ← *hwīlu ← *hwīlō
• quite ← quitar ← quitāre ← quietō ← quiētus
• quiet ← quiete ← quiētus ← quiēscere
• quit ← quiten ← quitter ← quietus ← *kʷyéh₁-ti-s
• whilst
• tranquil ← tranquille ← tranquillus ← quiēs ← *kʷjētis
• coy ← coi ← quies ← *kʷjētis ← *kʷyéh₁tis
• requiem ← requiēs ← quiēs ← *kʷjētis ← *kʷyéh₁tis
• quiescent ← quiēscēns ← quiēscō ← quiēs ← *kʷjētis
• quietus ← quiētus est
• quietude ← quiētūdō ← quiētus ← quiēscō ← quiēs
• acquiescent ← acquiescens

More words from *kʷyeh₁-

• requiescat
• inquietude
• whilom
• accoy
• acquiescement
• inquiet
• inquietation
• quiesce
• quittance
• quiescency
• requiescent
• requietory
• requiescence
• whilere
• whilend

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-