Proto-Indo-European
*gel-
‘cold’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gel-.
70 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gel-, most familiar first.
- children ← ċildru ← ċild ← *kilþ ← *kelþaz
- child ← ċild ← *kilþ ← *kelþaz ← *ǵelt-
- cold ← cald
- clean ← clene ← clāne ← *klainī ← *glēy-
- childhood ← childhode ← ċildhād ← ċild ← *kilþ
- cloud ← clūd ← *klūt ← *klūtaz
- globe ← globus
- chill ← chele ← ċele ← chile ← ċiele
- cluster ← *klas-
- gel ← gelatin ← gélatine ← gelatina ← gelare
- jelly ← gele ← gelee ← gelāta ← gelo
- childish ← childisch ← ċildisċ ← ċild ← *kilþ
More words from *gel-
- colt
- clout
- clot
- childless
- gelatin
- clough
- gelato
- glebe
- ganglion
- clod
- childe
- stepchildren
- globus
- stepchild
- klutz
- globulin
- globin
- congeal
- gelati
- globule
- keld
- gelation
- glomus
- helado
- gelateria
- gelid
- gleba
- gelee
- childer
- clowder
- acold
- beclipping
- childly
- childing
- cloddy
- congelation
- conglobe
- congealment
- congealability
- congealable
- congealer
- egelid
- gelaterie
- gelable
- gelisol
- gelept
- glomerate
- glome
- glomerous
- glomuliferous
- glomerule
- glaebule
- globophobia
- globophilia
- incongealable
- kholodets
- recongeal
- uncongeal
- cool
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel-