Proto-Indo-European

*h₂weh₁-

‘to blow (of wind)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-, most familiar first.

• event ← éventer ← *exventāre ← ventus ← *wē̆ntos
• winter ← *wintru ← *wintruz ← *h₂wéh₁n̥tos ← *h₂wéh₁n̥ts
• weather ← weder ← weder ← *wedr ← *wedrą
• wind ← wynd ← *windaz ← *h₂wéh₁n̥tos ← *h₂wéh₁n̥ts
• van ← vannus ← *watnos
• wing ← winge ← vængr ← *wēingijaz
• athletic ← athletique ← āthlēticus ← ᾱ̓θλητῐκός ← ἀθλητής
• athlete ← āthlēta ← ἀθλητής ← ἀθλέω ← ἆθλον
• velocity ← vélocité ← vēlōcitās ← vēlōx ← *h₂weh₁-lo-
• ventilation ← ventilacion ← ventilatio ← ventilo ← ventulus
• headwind ← *hedwind ← hēafodwind ← wind ← *wind
• ventilate ← ventilātus

More words from *h₂weh₁-

• vata
• veloce
• nibbana
• velodyne
• parinirvana
• subventaneous
• ventanna
• fan

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-