Proto-Indo-European

*welh₃-

‘to hit’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-, most familiar first.

• pull ← pullen ← pullian ← vello ← *welnō
• vulnerable ← vulnerābilis ← vulnerō ← vulnus ← *welanos
• invulnerable ← invulnerābilis ← vulnerābilis ← vulnerō ← vulnus
• invulnerability ← invulnérabilité ← vulnérabilité ← vulnérable ← vulnerābilis
• convulsive ← convulsif ← convulsion ← convulsiō ← convellō
• convulsion ← convulsiō ← convellō ← vellō ← *welnō
• weel ← wel ← wǣl ← *walaz
• avulsion ← avulsio ← vellō ← *welnō
• vuln ← vulnerō ← vulnus ← *welanos
• avel ← āvellō ← vellō ← *welnō ← *wl̥néh₃ti
• helot ← Hīlōta ← Εἵλωτες ← ἁλίσκομαι
• apulosis ← ἀπούλωσις ← οὐλή

More words from *welh₃-

• avulse
• convel
• divulse
• divel
• epulotic
• evulsion
• revulse
• uloid
• valknut
• vellicate
• vulnus
• vulnerary
• vulnerate
• vulnary

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-