Proto-Indo-European

*tekʷ-

‘to run, flow’

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

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

• tern ← þerna ← *þewernā ← *þeu ← *þewaz
• bostock ← восто́к ← въстокъ ← токъ ← *tokъ
• taxol ← taxus ← *taxša
• dirndl ← Dirne ← dierne ← diorna ← *þewernā
• taxifolin ← taxus ← *taxša
• theow ← theu ← þēow ← *þeu ← *þewaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-