Proto-Indo-European

*krewh₂-

‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-, most familiar first.

• raw ← rawe ← hrēaw ← *hrau ← *hrawaz
• cruel ← crūdēlis
• crude ← crūdus
• cruelty ← cruelte ← crualté ← crual
• pancreas ← πάγκρεας ← πᾶς
• ree ← rei ← hrēoh ← *hreuhaz
• crudo ← crūdus
• crudity ← crudité ← crūditās ← crūdus
• recrudescence ← recrūdēscentia ← recrūdēscēns
• cruentate ← cruentātus ← cruentō ← cruentus ← *kruuntos
• crudite ← crūditās ← crūdus
• recrudescent ← recrūdēscō ← crūdēscō ← crūdus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-