Proto-Indo-European

*ḱerh₂-

‘to mix’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

69 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, most familiar first.

• horn ← *hurną ← *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m
• cheer ← chere ← chere ← chiere ← cara
• hart ← hert ← heorot ← *herut ← *herutaz
• cerebral ← cerebrum ← *kerazrom ← *ḱerh₂srom
• crater ← κρᾱτήρ
• grail ← graal ← graal ← gradalis ← crater
• migraine ← megrim ← migraigne ← hemicrania ← ἡμικρανία
• corny ← cornu ← *kornū ← *ḱorh₂u
• hornet ← hernet ← hyrnetu ← *hurnutu ← *hurznutō
• cornea ← cornea tela ← cornu ← *kornū ← *ḱorh₂u
• carotid ← carotide ← κᾰρωτῐ́δες ← κᾰρόω ← κᾰ́ρος
• cairn ← càrn ← carn ← *karnos

More words from *ḱerh₂-

• cornet
• procrastinate
• cerebellum
• cranium
• keratin
• cerebrum
• cornetto
• rother
• hern
• cornu
• carus
• cornett
• harn
• krater
• hirn
• corno
• cerebration
• megrim
• licorne
• saveloy
• acrasia
• acrasy
• biscornu
• carnyx
• carotic
• cervelat
• cerebation
• cernuous
• ceratium
• corniculum
• cornuate
• cornuto
• cornigerous
• cornute
• cornage
• cornicle
• corniculate
• cornific
• cornification
• corniform
• corneolus
• cornify
• cornutor
• corneule
• crasis
• crastination
• crastinal
• dyscrasy
• harns
• hemicrania
• hornen
• procrastinatrix
• quilate
• singhara
• syncerebrum
• tauricornous
• zurna
• corner

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-