Proto-Indo-European

*(s)penh₁-

‘to weave, to twist’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-, most familiar first.

• spin ← spinnen ← spinnan ← *spinnaną
• panic ← panik ← pānicum ← pānis
• bannock ← bannoke ← bannuc ← bannach ← pānicum
• panicum ← pānis
• spangle ← spangel
• lithopone ← πόνος
• aponia ← ἀπονία ← ἄπονος ← πόνος
• cytopenia ← πενῐ́ᾱ ← πένης ← πένομαι
• cytopenic ← cytopenia ← πενῐ́ᾱ ← πένης ← πένομαι
• geoponic ← γεωπονικός ← πόνος
• panicgrass ← pānicum ← pānis
• peniaphobia ← πενία ← πένης ← πένομαι

More words from *(s)penh₁-

• ponerology
• ponophobia

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-