Proto-Indo-European

*(s)neh₁-

‘to spin (thread), to sew’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-, most familiar first.

• nervous ← nervōsus ← nervus ← *snéh₁wr̥
• nerve ← nervus ← *neuros ← *(s)nēuros ← *snḗh₁wr̥
• needle ← nedle ← nǣdl ← *nāþlu ← *nēþlō
• neuron ← νεῦρον ← *snḗh₁wr̥
• nous ← νοῦς
• adder ← nadder ← nǣdre ← *nadrā ← *nadrǭ
• nematode ← Nematoda ← νηματώδης ← νῆμα ← νέω
• sinew ← synwe ← sinu ← *sinu ← *sinwō
• nematic ← νήματος ← νῆμα ← νέω
• snood ← snod ← snōd ← *snōdu ← *snōdō
• noesis ← νόησις ← νοεῖν ← νοῦς ← νόος
• needler ← nedlere ← nedle ← nǣdl ← *nāþlu

More words from *(s)neh₁-

• epinetron
• naai
• nemaline
• nemalite
• nerue

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-