Proto-Indo-European

*wers-

‘to wipe’

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

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

• war ← werre ← werre//wyrre ← werra ← *werʀu
• horse ← hors ← hors ← *hross ← *hrussą
• warrior ← werreour ← werreur ← werra ← *werʀu
• varicose ← varix
• verruca ← *we/ors-u-
• varix
• verrucous ← verrūcōsus ← verrūca ← *we/ors-u-
• variceal ← varix
• verrucose ← verrūcōsus ← verrūca ← *we/ors-u-
• varicosity ← varicōsitās ← varicōsus ← varix
• varicography ← varix
• vershok ← вершо́к ← верх ← *vьrxъ ← *wíršus

More words from *wers-

• warly

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wers-