Proto-Indo-European

*kewk-

‘to bend’

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

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

• high ← hēah ← *hauh ← *hauhaz
• huge ← ahuge
• highly ← hiȝly ← hēalīce ← hēah ← *hauh
• height ← heighte ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō
• haughty ← hautein ← haute ← haut ← altus
• haughtiness ← hauteynesse ← hautein ← hautain
• hext ← hexte ← hīehst ← hēah ← *hauh
• heighth ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō ← *hauhaz
• hecher ← הויך ← hōch ← hōh ← *hauh
• highth ← hīehþu ← *hauhiþu ← *hauhiþō ← *hauhaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewk-