Proto-Indo-European

*pewǵ-

‘prick, punch’

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

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

• point ← pointen ← pointier ← pūnctum ← pungō
• fuck ← *fukken ← *fuccian ← *fukkōną
• punch ← punchen ← ponchonner ← ponchon ← punctio
• fist ← fȳst ← *fūsti
• pivot ← pevet ← pūgiō
• poignant ← poynaunt ← puignant ← pungō ← *pungō
• puncture ← punctūra ← pūnctus ← pungō ← *pungō
• pointe ← puncta ← punctus ← pungō ← *pungō
• pungent ← pungens ← pungo ← *pungō
• repugnant ← repugnaunt ← repugnans ← repugnare ← pugnō
• pygmy ← Pygmaeī ← πυγμαῖος ← πυγμή
• punto ← punctum ← pungō ← *pungō

More words from *pewǵ-

• punctuate
• compunction
• pugnacious
• impugn
• pugilist
• puncheon
• ponto
• repugnance
• punctum
• punctate
• pugilism
• pugnacity
• poniard
• pugio
• contrapuntist
• contrapunto
• expugn
• expugnable
• expugnation
• inexpugnable
• oppugnancy
• oppugnant
• oppugnation
• pourpoint
• pointel
• propugnator
• propugnation
• punctilio
• pugne
• puntilla
• punge
• pugillares
• pungence
• pugil
• punty
• puncto
• punctus
• pugillaris
• punctiform
• punction
• puntillero
• punctule
• pugioniform
• repugn
• repugnancy

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-