Proto-Indo-European

*gʷṓws

‘cattle’

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

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

• beef ← beof ← bovem ← *gʷōs
• buffalo ← búfalo ← būfalus ← būbalus ← βούβαλος
• cow ← cū ← *kō ← *kōz
• boa ← *gʷouā ← *gʷówyeh₂ ← *gʷówyos
• bovine ← bovīnus ← bōs ← *gʷōs
• bugle ← būculus ← bōs ← *gʷōs
• bulimia ← βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ ← βούλῑμος ← λῑμός ← βοῦς
• bucolic ← būcolicus ← βουκολικός ← βουκόλος ← *gʷoukólos
• gopi ← गोपी ← गोप ← गो ← *gā́wṣ
• boeuf ← bœuf ← bœuf ← buef ← bovem
• gosht ← گوشت ← *gawštaH ← *gā́wš ← *gawštaH
• bovid ← bōs ← *gʷōs

More words from *gʷṓws

• bewit
• boviform
• booly
• bovial
• bojite
• bubale
• buffelgrass
• butter

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws