Proto-Indo-European
*weyk-
‘to resemble’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.
55 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, most familiar first.
- victory ← victorie ← victōria ← victor ← vincō
- victim ← victime ← victima
- province ← provynce ← prōvincia ← vinciō ← *wi-n-k-
- convince ← convincō ← vincō ← *winkō ← *winékti ~ *winkénti
- weakness ← weyknesse ← weyk ← veikr ← *waikwaz
- victor ← victour
- icon ← εἰκών
- conviction ← convictiō ← convictus ← convincō ← vincō
- iconic ← īconicus ← εἰκονικός ← εἰκών
- witch ← wicche ← wiċċa ← *wikkō ← *wikkōn
- wicked ← wikke ← wicca ← *wikkō ← *wikkōn
- wo ← wough ← wāh ← *waig ← *waigaz
More words from *weyk-
- victorious
- convict
- invincible
- witchcraft
- eviction
- vicar
- wight
- weakly
- evict
- wickedness
- vanquish
- wile
- vicarious
- wickedly
- ancona
- waw
- bewitch
- evince
- fulling
- victimology
- wicke
- vicary
- victrix
- vinculum
- iconology
- vicissitude
- eikonal
- eikosogram
- icasm
- invict
- pervicacious
- pervicacity
- pervicacy
- revince
- veksel
- vicariant
- vincible
- vicissity
- victrice
- vincture
- victimary
- vicinin
- wrixle
- village
- parish
- vicinity
- ecology
- diocese
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk-