Proto-West Germanic

*uʀ-

‘up, out, over’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, most familiar first.

• awaken ← awakenen ← awæcnan
• amaze ← *amasen ← āmasian
• aghast ← agast ← agasten
• astart ← asterten

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-