Proto-Indo-European

*lewk-

‘bright’

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

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

• light ← lēoht ← *leuht ← *leuhtaz ← *lewk-to-s
• low ← lowe ← logi ← *ᛚᚢᚷᚨ ← *lugô
• link ← lynchinus ← λύχνος ← *luk-s-nos
• los ← lusk ← lox ← *luhs ← *luhsaz
• lucy ← lūcius ← lūx ← *louks ← *léwks
• twilight
• ounce ← once ← lonce ← lonza ← *luncea
• lunar ← lūnāris ← lūna ← *louksnā ← *lówksneh₂
• luna ← *louksnā ← *lówksneh₂
• lea ← legh ← lēah ← *lauh ← *lauhaz
• lunatic ← lunatik ← lunatique ← lunaticus ← luna
• illumination ← illūminātiō ← illūminō ← lūminō ← lūmen

More words from *lewk-

• lux
• illuminate
• lucid
• luminous
• translucent
• lumen
• lynx
• luce
• luminosity
• lumia
• lucerne
• lum
• lucent
• lune
• lucidity
• loach
• leucine
• luminescent
• luminary
• luminal
• leme
• luminaire
• lunette
• leam
• lunate
• lown
• illumine
• pellucid
• leuco
• losse
• luciferin
• translucence
• luminiferous
• luxon
• limn
• lunation
• lumine
• noctiluca
• lunula
• lunule
• onza
• leucistic
• luminaria
• luminate
• lightful
• leucite
• alluminate
• antholeucin
• apolune
• dilucid
• elucubrate
• elucubration
• equilux
• interlunium
• leucoma
• lightsome
• lorgnon
• lucubration
• lucubrate
• luculent
• lunomancy
• lucimeter
• luminophore
• luminometer
• lunicurrent
• lucernal
• luciform
• lucubratory
• lucule
• lucern
• lumirhodopsin
• lumican
• lucigenin
• lucigraph
• lunanaut
• lumirubin
• lucigen
• lumogallion
• luminaphone
• lychnoscope
• lychnomancy
• perilune
• phillumenist
• phillumeny
• phillumenism
• plenilunar
• transluce
• tralucent
• translucid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk-