Proto-Indo-European

*pen-

‘moist, wet, mud, swamp, water’

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

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

• penetrate ← penētrātus ← penētrō
• impenetrable ← inpenetrabel ← impenetrābilis ← penetrābilis ← penetrō
• fen ← fenn ← *fani ← *fanją
• fango ← *fangus ← *fani ← *fanją
• fennish ← fennisch ← fen ← fenn ← *fani

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pen-