Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰeh₂-

‘to yawn, gape’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-, most familiar first.

• goal ← gol ← *gāl ← *gailu ← *gailō
• gas ← χάος ← χαῦνος ← *ǵʰeh₂-no-s
• gap ← gap//gappe ← gapa ← *gapōną
• chaos ← χάος ← χαῦνος ← *ǵʰeh₂-no-s
• gum ← gom ← gōma ← *gōmō ← *gaumô
• chaotic ← chaoticus ← chaos ← χάος ← χαῦνος
• gill ← gille ← gil ← *gilją
• hiatus ← hiō ← *hiāō ← *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti
• gab ← gabb ← *gabbōną
• gape ← gapen ← gapa ← *gapōną
• gabble ← gab ← gabben ← gabban ← *gabbōn
• dehiscent ← dehīscentem ← dehīscō ← hīscō ← hiō

More words from *ǵʰeh₂-

• ghyll
• dehisce
• gasless
• geason
• hiate
• hiation
• inhiate
• inhiation

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-