Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ey-

‘to burn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-.

34 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-, most familiar first.

• early ← erly ← ǣrlīċe ← ǣr ← *airiz
• young ← yong ← ġeong ← *jung ← *jungaz
• age ← eage ← *aetāticum ← aetātem ← *aiwotāts
• era ← aera ← aes ← *aos ← *h₂éyos
• diet ← diete ← dieta ← diaeta ← δίαιτα
• junior ← iuvenior ← iuvenis ← *juwō ← *h₂yéwHō
• juvenile ← iuvenīlis ← iuvenis ← *juwō ← *h₂yéwHō
• dietary ← diētārium ← diaeta ← δῐ́αιτα ← διαιτάω
• longevity ← longaevitās ← longaevus ← aevum ← *aiwom
• enigma ← aenigma ← αἴνιγμα ← αἶνος
• ere ← er ← ǣr ← *airi ← *airiz
• juvenal ← iuvenālis ← iuvenis ← *juwō ← *h₂yéwHō

More words from *h₂ey-

• jawan
• youngling
• juvenilia
• jussive
• jural
• aeneus
• aerose
• aeruginous
• aeneous
• aerugo
• aetat
• aerarium
• aetiologia
• aetonormativity
• aition
• alambre
• ayubowan
• coetaneous
• enigmatography
• longevism
• paraenesis
• parenesis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-