Proto-Iranian

*wardah

‘flower, rose’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Iranian *wardah.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Iranian *wardah, most familiar first.

• rose ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rosen ← rōse ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rosary ← rosarie ← rosārium ← rosa ← ῥόδον
• rosette ← rosete ← rose ← rosa ← ῥόδον
• rhodium ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rhodopsin ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rusalka ← руса́лка ← русалиꙗ ← роусалиѩ ← ῥουσάλια
• rhodonite ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• roseola ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rosarium ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rosetum ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon
• rosaceous ← rosāceus ← rosa ← ῥόδον ← *wródon

More words from *wardah

• rosulate
• roseous
• rosula

Etymograph / Proto-Iranian *wardah