Proto-Indo-European

*wet-

‘year’

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

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

• veteran ← veterānus ← vetus ← *wetos ← *wétos
• veterinary ← veterīnārius ← veterīnus ← vetus ← *wetos
• veterinarian ← veterīnārius ← veterīnum ← vetus ← *wetos
• veal ← veel ← veel ← vitellus ← vitulus
• wether ← weþer ← *weþru ← *weþruz
• inveterate ← inveterātus ← inveterō ← veterō ← vetus
• bellwether ← belwether ← wether ← weþer ← *weþru
• viol ← viole ← viola ← vitula ← vitulus
• bacha ← بچه ← *wacáh ← *watsás ← *wetsós
• vitelline ← vitellīnus ← vitellus ← vitulus ← *wetelos
• vihuela ← viola ← vitula ← vitulus ← *wetelos
• vielle ← viele ← vitula ← vitulus ← *wetelos

More words from *wet-

• violon
• butcha
• etesian
• tetraeteris
• tetraeterid
• trieteric
• vetust
• veteration
• vetustity
• vetusty
• vitellus
• vitellary
• vitelligene

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wet-