Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂eyd-
‘to cut, hew’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
40 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, most familiar first.
- hit ← hitten ← hyttan ← hitta ← *hittijaną
- decision ← dēcīsiō ← dēcīdō ← caedō ← *kaidō
- precise ← précis ← praecīsus ← caedō ← *kaidō
- cement ← syment ← ciment ← caementum ← caedō
- scissors ← sisours ← cisoirs ← cīsōria ← cīsōrium
- concise ← concīsus ← concīdere ← caedō ← *kaidō
- circumcision ← circumcisioun ← circumcisioun ← circumcīsiō ← circumcīdō
- incision ← inscicioun ← incisiō ← incidō ← caedō
- chisel ← cisoir ← cīsōrium ← caedō ← *kaidō
- scissor ← cysour ← sisours ← cisoires ← caedō
- incisive ← incīsīvus ← incīdō ← caedō ← *kaidō
- excision ← excīsiō ← excīdō ← caedō ← *kaidō
More words from *kh₂eyd-
- incisor
- caesium
- concision
- caesura
- castrato
- cementum
- incise
- feticide
- cestus
- bactericide
- abscise
- bactericidin
- bactericidally
- caesious
- cestuan
- cervicide
- ceduous
- circumcisor
- culturcide
- culturecide
- culturecidal
- culturcidal
- excisor
- genocidaire
- nasoincisor
- populicide
- scissel
- septicidal
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-