Proto-Indo-European

*sóh₂wl̥

‘sun’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥, most familiar first.

• sun ← soen ← sunna ← *sunnā ← *sunnǭ
• southern ← southerne ← sūþerne ← *sunþrōnijaz ← *sh₂un-
• solar ← sōlāris ← sōl
• sol
• helium ← ἥλιος ← *hāwélios
• soleil ← *sōliculus ← sōl
• solano ← solanus ← sōl
• parasol ← parasole ← sole ← sōlem
• heliotrope ← hēliotropium ← ἡλῐοτρόπῐον ← ἥλῐος ← *hāwélios
• ephelis ← ἔφηλῐς ← ἥλῐος ← *hāwélios
• isohel ← ἥλιος ← *hāwélios
• solary ← solaris ← sōl

More words from *sóh₂wl̥

• turnsole

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥