Proto-Indo-European

*sweyd-

‘to sweat’

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

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

• sweat ← swete ← swāt ← *swait- ← *swoyd-
• sweater ← swētere ← swēten ← swǣtan ← *swaitijan
• swot ← swāt ← *swaitą
• exude ← exudāre ← sudāre
• desudation ← desudatio ← desudare ← sudō ← *swoyd-o-
• ephidrosis ← ἐπί ← ἱδρώς
• hidrotic ← hidrōticus ← ἱδρωτικός ← ἱδρώς
• insudate ← insūdātum ← insūdō ← sūdō ← *swoyd-o-
• maschalyperidrosis ← μασχάλη ← ἱδρώς
• shvitz ← שוויצן ← swizzen ← *swait-
• sudor
• sudate ← sūdāre

More words from *sweyd-

• sudoriferous
• sudorific
• sudation
• sudamen
• sudorous
• sudatory
• sudoral
• sudomotor
• sudadero

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-