Proto-Indo-European

*péḱu

‘livestock’

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

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

• fee ← feoh ← *fehu ← *fehu
• feud ← feudum ← *fehu ← *fehu
• cynical ← cynicus ← κυνικός ← κῠ́ων ← *ḱwṓ
• hound ← hund ← *hund ← *hundaz ← *ḱwṓ
• feudal ← feodal ← feodalis ← feodum ← *fehu
• poodle ← Pudel ← Hund ← hunt ← hunt
• cynic ← cynike ← cynique ← cynicus ← κυνικός
• feu ← fé ← feudum ← *fehu ← *fehu
• pec ← pecūnia ← pecū ← *peku
• pecuniary ← pecūniārius ← pecūnia ← pecū ← *peku
• chenille ← canīcula ← canis ← canēs ← *ḱwṓ
• impecunious ← pecūniōsus ← pecūnia ← pecū ← *peku

More words from *péḱu

• feudatory
• canaille
• canail
• cynarrhodium
• depeculation
• feodatory
• peculation
• peculate
• peculator
• pecunious
• peculium

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *péḱu