Proto-Indo-European
*wed-
‘water’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wed-.
63 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wed-, most familiar first.
- water ← wæter ← *watar ← *watōr ← *wódr̥
- wet ← weten ← wǣtan ← *wātijan ← *wētijaną
- wash ← wasshen ← wascan ← *waskan ← *waskaną
- washing ← waschyng//wasschinge//wasschynge//wassende//wesschinge ← *wæsċende//*wasċende ← *waskandī ← *waskandz
- und ← unde ← unde ← unda ← *udn-om
- abundance ← abundaunce ← habundance ← abundantia ← abundō
- vodka ← во́дка ← вода́ ← вода ← *voda
- surround ← sourrounden ← souronder ← superundō ← undō
- abundant ← abundaunt ← abondant ← abundāns ← abundō
- hydro ← ὕδωρ ← *údōr ← *wódr̥
- redundant ← redundāns ← redundō ← undō ← unda
- otter ← oter ← otor ← *otr ← *utraz
More words from *wed-
- washer
- dishwasher
- hydrate
- vitriol
- unwashed
- hydride
- vitreous
- aldehyde
- anhydrous
- vedra
- inundate
- undine
- dropsy
- undulate
- dihydro
- hydrous
- nutria
- vitrine
- hydrops
- redound
- utricle
- hydrostatics
- hydria
- vitrify
- aerohydrous
- dropsical
- hydropical
- hydromel
- hydroentangle
- hydrohetaerolite
- hydraulus
- hydriske
- lutraphobia
- oiter
- undate
- utriform
- vedro
- verrophone
- vitrum
- vitrail
- vitrescent
- vitraux
- vitrage
- vitrite
- vitriform
- vitrella
- vitraillist
- vitrain
- vodyanoy
- washen
- waterly
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wed-