Proto-Indo-European

*swenh₂-

‘to sound’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-, most familiar first.

• re ← resonō ← sonō ← *swonaō ← *swonh₂éyeti
• personal ← personel ← persōnālis ← personō ← sonō
• sound ← sownde ← sun ← sonus ← *swonos
• personnel ← persōnālis ← personō ← sonō ← *swonaō
• swan ← *swanaz ← *swónh₂-os
• resonance ← resonantia ← resonō ← sonō ← *swonaō
• unison ← unisoun ← unisson ← ūnisonus ← sonus
• resonate ← resonō ← sonō ← *swonaō ← *swonh₂éyeti
• resonant ← résonner ← resonō ← sonō ← *swonaō
• sonnet ← sonetto ← sonet ← sonus ← *swonos
• impersonal ← impersonnel ← impersōnālis ← persōnālis ← personō
• parson ← persoun ← persoune ← persone ← personō

More words from *swenh₂-

• sone
• resound
• sonorous
• consonance
• sonority
• assonance
• absonous
• asonia
• consonancy
• fluctisonous
• horrisonant
• personate
• personalia
• soniferous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-