Proto-Indo-European

*dʰewh₂-

‘to smoke’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

41 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-, most familiar first.

• down ← doun ← dūne ← adūne ← ofdūne
• steam ← steem ← *staumaz
• dye ← deye ← dēah ← *daugu ← *daugan
• funk ← dialectal ← funquer ← fungier ← fūmicāre
• dew ← dēaw ← *dauw ← *dawwaz
• dun ← dunn ← *duʀn ← *duznaz
• dune ← duin ← *dūn ← *dūnom ← *dʰuHnom
• duvet ← dun ← dúnn ← *dūnaz
• dag ← *dawwą
• fume ← fum ← fūmus ← *fūmos ← *θūmos
• thymus ← θύμος
• obfuscate ← obfusquer ← offusquer ← obfuscātus

More words from *dʰewh₂-

• fumigation
• typhon
• fumigate
• dysthymia
• fumarole
• tiotropium
• athymia
• dwimmer
• dweomer
• effume
• favillous
• fewmet
• femerell
• fumetto
• fuliginous
• fumet
• fumid
• fumette
• fumoir
• fumous
• fumiferous
• fumarine
• fumage
• fuligin
• thuris
• thymos
• thurifer
• thural
• thiomorpholine
• dust

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-