Proto-Indo-European

*ḱewh₁-

‘to swell’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-.

56 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-, most familiar first.

• church ← chirche ← ċiriċe ← *kirikā ← κυριακόν
• jail ← gayole ← cavea ← *caveus ← cavus
• cave ← cava ← cavus ← *kawos ← *ḱowh₁ós
• cage ← cavea ← *caveus ← cavus ← *kawos
• kirk ← kirke ← kirkja ← ċiriċe ← *kirikā
• cavity ← cavité ← cavus ← *kawos ← *ḱowh₁ós
• excavation ← excavātiō ← excavō ← cavō ← cavus
• hound ← hownde ← húnn ← *hūnaz ← *ḱūnós
• cyst ← cystis ← κύστις ← κῠ́ω ← *ḱuh₁éyeti
• cavern ← caverne ← caverne ← caverne ← caverna
• concave ← concavus ← cavus ← *kawos ← *ḱowh₁ós
• gaol ← gayole ← gabiola ← caveola ← cavea

More words from *ḱewh₁-

• cavernous
• excavate
• jailer
• cumulus
• cajole
• caul
• cavil
• kyrios
• cyma
• cumulate
• cystectomy
• gabion
• cymatics
• cymose
• cavus
• cavatelli
• cavitary
• cavum
• cavea
• adcumulate
• cavate
• caveola
• cavetto
• concavous
• colmatage
• cumuliform
• cyathus
• cymatium
• cymatic
• cyatholith
• cymule
• cyathiform
• cymatogeny
• cymatograph
• cymatoscope
• cymatotrichous
• cymatoid
• excave
• goniocyst
• ischiocavernosus
• kyriarchy
• kyriology
• kyathos
• orthocumulate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-