Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

‘a crook, hook’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-, most familiar first.

• exclusion
• clove ← clou ← clāvus ← *klāwos ← *kleh₂w-o-s
• foreclose ← foreclosen ← forclos ← forclusen ← forclȳsan
• cloy ← acloyen ← enclouer ← *inclāvāre ← clāvāre
• claviform ← clāvifōrmis ← clāvus
• cloisterer ← cloystrer ← cloistrier
• clavicytherium ← clāvis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-