Proto-Indo-European
*deyḱ-
‘to point out, to show’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
61 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-, most familiar first.
- teaching ← teching ← tǣċing ← tǣċan ← *taikijan
- teach ← techen ← tǣċan ← *taikijan ← *taikijaną
- index ← dīcō ← *deikō ← *déyḱeti
- indicate ← indicātus ← indicō ← index ← dīcō
- predict ← praedicō ← dīcō ← *deikō ← *déyḱeti
- toe ← to ← tā ← *taihā ← *taihwǭ
- indication ← indicātiō ← indicō ← index ← dīcō
- dictionary ← dixionare ← dictiōnārium ← dictiōnārius ← dictiō
- indicator ← indicō ← index ← dīcō ← *deikō
- token ← tācn ← *taikn ← *taikną
- digit ← digitus
- addict ← addictus ← addīcō ← dīcō ← *deikō
More words from *deyḱ-
- dictator
- dictate
- indicative
- syndicate
- contradictory
- contradiction
- ditto
- contradict
- predicate
- diction
- interdiction
- ditty
- dictum
- interdict
- digitalis
- syndicalism
- indexation
- dict
- tache
- indicia
- swadeshi
- ditton
- diktat
- titch
- syndic
- dight
- toen
- syndical
- digitate
- antidictionary
- beteach
- ditalini
- dicastery
- dicacious
- dictature
- dictatrix
- dictatory
- dicast
- dicacity
- dictamen
- dictionnary
- foretoken
- indicant
- indictive
- indicial
- juridic
- misteach
- tatch
- tokening
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-