Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kewH-

‘to cover, protect’

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

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-, most familiar first.

• house ← hous ← hūs ← *hūs ← *hūsą
• sky ← *skiwją ← *skiwô
• hide ← hiden ← hȳdan ← *huʀdijan ← *huzdijaną
• hose ← *hosā ← *husǭ
• scum ← *skūm ← *skūmaz
• shun ← schonen ← sċunian
• cystic ← cystique ← κύστις
• hutch ← hucche ← hwiċċe
• cystine ← κύστις
• cystocele ← κύστις
• écu ← escut ← scūtum
• cyte ← κῠ́τος

More words from *(s)kewH-

• cytoblast
• cytoid
• cytula
• cytode
• scytodepsic
• thyrocyte

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-