Proto-Indo-European

*wreh₁ǵ-

‘to break’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-, most familiar first.

• hemorrhage ← haemorrhagia ← αἱμορραγία ← ῥήγνυμι
• prosorhochmid ← ῥωχμός
• regma ← ῥῆγμα ← ῥήγνῡμῐ
• regmaglypt ← ῥῆγμα ← ῥήγνῡμῐ
• rhegma ← ῥῆγμα ← ῥήγνῡμῐ
• rhexis ← ῥῆξις ← ῥήγνῡμῐ

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-