Proto-Indo-European

*weyp-

‘to wind, wrap around’

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

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

• whip ← whippen ← wippen ← *wippōną
• wipe ← wipen ← wīpian ← *wīpōn
• vibrant ← vibrans ← vibrō
• vibration ← vibrātiō ← vibrō
• weave ← weven ← veifa ← *waibijaną ← *woypéyeti
• waive ← weyven ← veifa ← *waibijaną ← *woypéyeti
• vibrator ← vibrō
• vibrate ← vibrat(e) ← vibrātus ← vibrō
• waver ← waive
• vibrato ← vibrare ← vibrō
• waif ← weif ← gayf ← veif ← *waif-
• guipure ← guiper ← *wīpan ← *wīpaną ← *wéyb-eti

More words from *weyp-

• goemin
• virement
• vibrissa
• vibratiuncle
• vibraculum
• vibraculoid
• vibrissant

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyp-