Proto-Indo-European

*(s)nerk-

‘to loop, wind’

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

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

• snare ← sneare ← *snarhā ← *snarhǭ
• narcotic ← narcotyk ← narcotique ← narcotique ← narcōticum
• narcissus ← νάρκισσος ← νάρκη
• snarl ← snarlen ← snaren ← snare ← sneare
• narcosis ← νάρκωσις ← ναρκόω ← νάρκη
• narcokleptocracy ← kleptocracy ← ναρκόω ← νάρκη
• narcissine ← narcissinus ← ναρκίσσινος ← νάρκισσος ← νάρκη
• narciss ← narcisse ← narcissus ← νάρκισσος ← νάρκη

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