Proto-Indo-European

*gʷeyh₃-

‘to live’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-.

79 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-, most familiar first.

• quick ← quik ← cwic ← *kwiku ← *kwikwaz
• vital ← vītālis ← vīta ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• biology ← biologia ← βίος
• couch ← quich ← cwice ← *kwikwā ← *kwikwǭ
• kidney ← kideney ← kidenere ← nere ← cwiþ
• vitamin ← vīta ← *gʷītā ← *gʷih₃wo-teh₂
• viable ← vie ← vie ← viḍe ← vīta
• hygiene ← ὑγιεινή ← ὑγιεινός ← ὑγιής ← *h₂yu-gʷih₃-
• vivid ← vīvidus ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō ← *gʷíh₃weti
• revive ← reviven
• vitality ← vitalité ← vitalitas ← vitalis ← vīta
• zodiac ← zodiak ← zodiaque ← zōdiacus ← ζῳδιακός 􂀿κύκλος􂁀

More words from *gʷeyh₃-

• anaerobic
• vive
• quicken
• quicksilver
• quickness
• vivacious
• biogenesis
• convivial
• wyvern
• vivacity
• zodiacal
• jiva
• vivace
• aerobically
• vivarium
• zoon
• anaerobically
• vivat
• abiogenesis
• victual
• revivify
• redivivus
• azole
• veve
• vivify
• viveur
• azote
• zoic
• aerobicize
• aerobe
• anaerobicity
• aquaerobic
• azine
• azepine
• azalogue
• buzgut
• convive
• coenobia
• convival
• coenoby
• diazine
• dysaerobic
• exaerobic
• jivanmukti
• microaerobic
• nanoaerobic
• nanoaerobe
• nonaerobic
• perezhivanie
• preaerobic
• reviviscent
• reviction
• semianaerobic
• semiaerobic
• sporozoid
• subaerobic
• thiazine
• thermoanaerobic
• vivisepulture
• viand
• vivification
• vivers
• vivency
• vitology
• vitalometer
• zootic
• zoothome

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-