Proto-Indo-European

*wódr̥

‘water’

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

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

• water ← wæter ← *watar ← *watōr
• vodka ← во́дка ← вода́ ← вода ← *voda
• hydro ← ὕδωρ ← *údōr
• hydrate ← ῡ̆̔́δωρ ← *údōr
• hydride ← ῡ̆̔́δωρ ← *údōr
• aldehyde ← Aldehyd ← ῡ̆̔́δωρ ← *údōr
• anhydrous ← ὕδωρ ← *údōr
• vedra ← ведро́ ← вѣдро ← *vědro
• dropsy ← dropesie ← idropsie ← hydrōps ← ὕδρωψ
• dihydro ← ῡ̆̔́δωρ ← *údōr
• hydrous ← ὑδροῦς ← ὕδωρ ← *údōr
• hydrops ← ὕδρωψ ← ὕδωρ ← *údōr

More words from *wódr̥

• hydrostatics
• hydria
• aerohydrous
• dropsical
• hydropical
• hydromel
• hydroentangle
• hydrohetaerolite
• hydraulus
• hydriske
• oiter
• vedro
• vodyanoy
• waterly

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥