Proto-Indo-European

*strengʰ-

‘to twist’

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

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

• strong ← strang ← *strang ← *strangaz
• district ← districtus ← distringere ← stringo ← *strengō
• strength ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu ← *strang
• stress ← destresse ← destrecier ← distringō ← stringō
• stronger ← strongere ← strongra ← *strangizô ← *strangaz
• strongly ← strongliche ← stranglīċe ← strang ← *strang
• string ← strenġ ← *strangi ← *strangiz
• strict ← strictus ← stringō ← *strengō ← *stréngʰeti
• strain ← straynen ← estreindre ← stringō ← *strengō
• strongest ← strongeste ← strongesta ← *strangistô ← *strangaz
• strengthen ← strengthenen ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
• restrict ← restrictus ← restringō ← stringō ← *strengō

More words from *strengʰ-

• restriction
• prestige
• strait
• stronghold
• constraint
• restrain
• constrain
• constriction
• constrictor
• constrict
• vasoconstriction
• constrictive
• ristretto
• abstringe
• antistress
• astriction
• constringe
• constrainer
• constrainable
• constrainment
• coconstrain
• distrain
• distriction
• hyperconstriction
• hyperconstrict
• nanoconstriction
• obstriction
• overconstrain
• perstringe
• preconstriction
• restringe
• reconstrict
• reconstriction
• strongyla
• strigil
• strangury
• strongyle
• strongness
• strigilis
• striction
• strigment
• unconstrain
• unconstrict
• vasoconstrict

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-