Proto-Indo-European

*seh₁-

‘to sow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, most familiar first.

• since ← syns ← sithen ← sīþþan ← þǣm
• side ← *sīdǭ ← *sīdaz
• season ← sesoun ← seson ← satiō ← satum
• earn ← ernen ← earnian ← *aʀanōn ← *azanōną
• seed ← sēd ← *sād ← *sēdą
• seminar ← sēminārium ← sēmen ← *sēmn̥ ← *séh₁mn̥
• seminary ← sēminārium ← sēmen ← *sēmn̥ ← *séh₁mn̥
• semen
• sow ← sowen ← sāwan ← *sāan ← *sēaną
• serene ← serein ← serein ← *serānum ← sērus
• seminal ← sēminālis ← sēmen ← *sēmn̥ ← *séh₁mn̥
• seedy ← sedy

More words from *seh₁-

• sower
• inseminate
• seminiferous
• sawer
• seminoma
• besow
• serotinous
• seminate
• serotine
• seminist
• seminose
• semined
• seminivorous
• semencine
• seminism

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-