Proto-Indo-European

*weys-

‘to raise, increase’

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

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

• virus ← *weizos ← *wisós
• visceral ← viscerālis
• weasel ← wēsele ← weosule ← *wisulā ← *wisulǭ
• whisk ← visk ← *wiskaz
• virulent ← vīrulentus ← vīrus ← *weizos ← *wisós
• ooze ← wose ← wāse ← *waisā ← *waisǭ
• woozy ← wosy ← wōse ← wāse ← *waisā
• viscera ← vīscus
• eviscerate ← ēviscerātus ← ēviscerāre ← vīscus
• virion ← virus ← vīrus ← *weizos ← *wisós
• viscus
• bikh ← बिख ← विष ← *wiṣás ← *wišás

More words from *weys-

• ouze
• virid
• virose
• weasand

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weys-