Proto-Indo-European

*speyd-

‘sharp’

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

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

• spit ← spitu ← *spitō
• asp ← aspe ← aspe ← aspis ← ἀσπίς
• aspic ← aspis ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• aspis ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• aspidium ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• endaspidean ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• exaspidean ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• holaspidean ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• hyperaspist ← ὑπερασπιστής ← ἀσπιστής ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω
• protaspis ← ἀσπίς ← σπίζω

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *speyd-