Proto-Indo-European

*wenh₁-

‘to strive, wish, love’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, most familiar first.

• win ← winn ← winn ← *winną
• won ← wonen ← wunian ← *wunēn ← *wunāną
• wish ← wisshen ← wȳsċan ← *wunskijan ← *wunskijaną
• wonder ← wundor ← *wundr ← *wundrą ← *wn̥h₁-tro-m
• wont ← ġewunod ← ġewunian ← wunian ← *wunēn
• venom ← venym ← venim ← *venīmen ← venīnum
• wen ← wynn ← *wunnju ← *wunjō ← *wénh₁-ih₂ ~ wn̥h₁-yéh₂-s
• venerable ← venerabilis ← veneror ← venus ← *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os
• wynn ← wynne ← *wunnju ← *wunjō ← *wn̥h₁yeh₂
• venomous ← venymous ← venimos ← venim ← *venīmen
• wean ← wenen ← wenian ← *wannjan ← *wanjaną
• ween ← wene ← wēn ← *wāni ← *wēniz

More words from *wenh₁-

• venereal
• winsome
• venerate
• venial
• winne
• wonted
• antivenin
• venomously
• wone
• wonderly
• venery
• antivenene
• venefic
• venene
• venin
• venenate
• veniable
• venefice
• venefical
• venusty

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-