Proto-Indo-European
*(H)yeh₁-
‘to throw’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
71 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-, most familiar first.
- year ← yeer ← ġēar ← *jār ← *jērą
- project ← prōiectus ← prōiciō ← iaciō ← *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- hour ← houre ← houre ← hōra ← ὥρᾱ
- disease ← disese ← desese ← desaise ← eise
- object ← obiectum ← obiectus ← obiciō ← iaciō
- objective ← obgectyf ← objectif ← obiectīvus ← obiciō
- ease ← ese ← ese ← eise ← adiacēns
- jet ← get ← *iectus ← iactus ← iaciō
- adjacent ← adiacēns ← adiaceō ← iaceō ← iaciō
- injection ← iniectio ← iniciō ← iaciō ← *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- projection ← prōiectiō ← prōiciō ← iaciō ← *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- objection ← objeccion ← obiectio ← obiciō ← iaciō
More words from *(H)yeh₁-
- jess
- trajectory
- inject
- conjecture
- projectile
- catheter
- gist
- ejection
- jetty
- abject
- eject
- ejaculation
- enema
- ejaculate
- jettison
- jut
- objector
- subjection
- iambic
- interject
- joist
- dejection
- jetsam
- jitney
- injective
- paresis
- amice
- horary
- iamb
- obex
- jetton
- subjacent
- jeton
- anesis
- anetic
- aphesis
- biojet
- cathetus
- dejecta
- dejectory
- dijet
- horal
- hornotine
- horarium
- iambus
- jactitation
- jarovization
- jettatura
- kathetal
- misease
- miseased
- objectum
- parget
- rejectamenta
- surject
- synesis
- syuzhet
- trajection
- transjective
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-