Proto-Indo-European

*lewh₁-

‘to cut off, release’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-.

46 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-, most familiar first.

• so ← sol ← solvō ← luō ← *luh₁éti
• lose ← losen ← losian
• analysis ← ἀνάλυσις ← ἀναλύω ← λύω
• solution ← solucioun ← solucion ← solūtiō ← solvō
• resolution ← resolucioun ← resolucion ← resolūtiō ← resolvō
• solve ← solven ← solvō ← luō ← *luh₁éti
• lease ← lesen ← lēasian ← lēas ← *laus
• resolve ← resolven ← resolver ← resolvō ← solvō
• analyst ← analyste ← analyse ← ἀνάλυσις ← ἀναλύω
• sol ← solvō ← luō ← *luh₁éti
• dissolution ← dissolucioun ← dissolucion ← dissolūtiō ← dissolvō
• paralysis ← παράλυσις ← παραλύω ← λύω

More words from *lewh₁-

• dialysis
• palsy
• resolute
• absolution
• insoluble
• paralyze
• paralytic
• lysis
• loess
• leese
• indissoluble
• lysin
• absolutory
• absolvent
• absolvitor
• alcoholysis
• alcohololysis
• dialytic
• dissoluble
• dialytika
• dysluite
• exsolve
• exolve
• glycerolysis
• goniosynechialysis
• lysimeter
• lysocline
• lyterian
• lytico
• paralysant
• resoluble
• saccharolysis
• serinolysis
• solvend
• loose

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-