Proto-Indo-European

*seh₂g-

‘track down, seek out’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-, most familiar first.

• seek ← seke ← sēċan ← *sōkijan ← *sōkijaną
• sake ← sacu ← *saku ← *sakō
• sucker ← Sache ← sache ← sahha ← *saku
• soc ← soke ← sōcn ← *sōkni ← *sōkniz
• hegemony ← ἡγεμονία ← ἡγεμών ← ἡγέομαι
• forsake ← forsaken ← forsacan ← *frasakan ← *sakan
• beseech ← besechen ← sēċan ← *sōkijan ← *sōkijaną
• saya ← *sagia ← sagum ← sagus ← *séh₂gos
• sagittal ← sagittālis ← sagitta ← sāgiō ← *sāgiō
• presage ← praesāgium ← praesāgio ← sāgiō ← *sāgiō
• hegemon ← ἡγεμών ← ἡγέομαι
• sagacity ← sagacité ← sagācitās ← sagāx ← sāgiō

More words from *seh₂g-

• soke
• sagacious
• exegete
• sagitta
• soken
• socage
• diegesis
• choregus
• exegetic
• exegetist
• forseek
• periegesis
• sagittary
• sagittate
• saught
• seise
• seech
• withsake

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-