Proto-Indo-European

*weyk-

‘to resemble’

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

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

• victory ← victorie ← victōria ← victor ← vincō
• victim ← victime ← victima
• province ← provynce ← prōvincia ← vinciō ← *wi-n-k-
• convince ← convincō ← vincō ← *winkō ← *winékti ~ *winkénti
• weakness ← weyknesse ← weyk ← veikr ← *waikwaz
• victor ← victour
• icon ← εἰκών
• conviction ← convictiō ← convictus ← convincō ← vincō
• iconic ← īconicus ← εἰκονικός ← εἰκών
• witch ← wicche ← wiċċa ← *wikkō ← *wikkōn
• wicked ← wikke ← wicca ← *wikkō ← *wikkōn
• wo ← wough ← wāh ← *waig ← *waigaz

More words from *weyk-

• victorious
• convict
• invincible
• witchcraft
• eviction
• vicar
• wight
• weakly
• evict
• wickedness
• vanquish
• wile
• vicarious
• wickedly
• ancona
• waw
• bewitch
• evince
• fulling
• victimology
• wicke
• vicary
• victrix
• vinculum
• iconology
• vicissitude
• eikonal
• eikosogram
• icasm
• invict
• pervicacious
• pervicacity
• pervicacy
• revince
• veksel
• vicariant
• vincible
• vicissity
• victrice
• vincture
• victimary
• vicinin
• wrixle
• village
• parish
• vicinity
• ecology
• diocese

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk-