Proto-Indo-European
*weǵʰ-
‘to bring’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
67 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, most familiar first.
- way ← weġ ← *weg ← *wegaz
- always ← alweyes ← alwey ← ealneġ ← weġ
- via
- vehicle ← véhicule ← vehiculum ← vehō ← *weɣō
- wave ← waven ← wawe ← wǣg ← *wēgaz
- reveal ← revēlen ← reveler ← revēlāre ← vēlāre
- halfway ← halfwey ← healfweġ ← weġ ← *weg
- vector ← vehō ← *weɣō ← *wéǵʰeti
- weigh ← weyen ← wegan ← *wegan ← *weganą
- wagon ← wagen ← *wagan ← *wagn ← *wagnaz
- wee ← wey ← wǣġ ← *wāgu ← *wēgō
- vein ← veine ← veine ← vēna
More words from *weǵʰ-
- vogue
- veil
- wedge
- headway
- wag
- venous
- vex
- wonky
- eunuch
- vexed
- vena
- wey
- invective
- waw
- wain
- venal
- velar
- vexation
- revelator
- venation
- voiture
- voe
- wainscot
- velum
- weck
- vectis
- vomer
- inveigh
- veliger
- devex
- bylee
- devexity
- evection
- extravenate
- invect
- invection
- ochlophobia
- ochlesis
- ochlophobist
- provection
- provect
- velate
- velarium
- velamen
- velamentum
- vecture
- vection
- velamentous
- velifer
- veghar
- vexel
- voiturette
- walleyed
- wankle
- widge
- away
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-