Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eHs-

‘to burn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-, most familiar first.

• are ← area ← *āzeā ← *h₂eHs-e-yeh₂
• star ← sterre ← steorra ← *sterrō ← *sternō
• ash ← aisshe ← acse ← *askā ← *askǭ
• stellar ← stēllāris ← stēlla ← *stērlā ← *h₂stḗr
• arent ← ārentem ← ārēns ← āreō ← *āzēō
• arson ← ardeō ← āridus ← āreō ← *āzēō
• arid ← aride ← āridus ← āreō ← *āzēō
• ardent ← ardaunt ← ardentem ← ardeō ← āridus
• asterisk ← asteriscus ← ἀστερῐ́σκος ← ᾰ̓στήρ ← *astḗr
• azalea ← ἀζαλέος ← ἄζω
• ashy ← asshy ← asshe ← æsce ← *askā
• ashen ← asshen ← asshe ← æsce ← *askā

More words from *h₂eHs-

• ardently
• areal
• ardor
• aridity
• asado
• stellated
• stelo
• steloj

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-