Words that come from Indo-European “*wel-”
400 words across 47 languages descend from Indo-European *wel- — including walk, walking, lit, Walker, sidewalk, waltz, walker, moonlit.
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English (185)
- walk
- walking
- lit
- Walker
- sidewalk
- waltz
- walker
- moonlit
- walkway
- sunlit
- litmus
- welt
- welter
- unlit
- starlit
- catwalk
- sleepwalking
- walkthrough
- Walkman
- backlit
- candlelit
- walkout
- crosswalk
- cakewalk
- walkable
- sleepwalker
- valse
- walkest
- lamplit
- firelit
- welterweight
- streetwalker
- walkover
- sleepwalk
- litten
- waltzer
- gaslit
- torchlit
- walkup
- moonwalk
- walkability
- ropewalk
- spacewalk
- bushwalking
- fieldwalking
- walkaway
- walt
- skylit
- streetwalking
- outwalk
- skywalk
- underlit
- slidewalk
- jaywalker
- jaywalk
- sheepwalk
- walkathon
- nightwalker
- racewalking
- riverwalk
- skinwalker
- footwalk
- litty
- crabwalk
- soundwalk
- trackwalker
- wirewalker
- waulk
- racewalker
- unwalkable
- duckwalk
- firewalk
- bushwalk
- nonwalking
- hillwalking
- dogwalker
- ropewalker
- bushwalker
- spacewalker
- waltzlike
- azolitmin
- racewalk
- kidlit
- powerwalk
- hillwalker
- skywalker
- streetlit
- speedwalking
- stiltwalker
- speedwalk
- airwalk
- floorwalking
- walkless
- walkthru
- warwalking
- headlit
- poplit
- wirewalking
- Walkerian
- overwalk
- fellwalker
- rewalk
- walkalong
- unwalking
- Walkerism
- fellwalking
- waulkmill
- bewelter
- bywalk
- walkie-talkie
- waltz Matilda
- piece of cake
- litmus test
- ridgewalking
- catwalklike
- superwelterweight
- walkably
- earthlit
- cyberlit
- matchlit
- barwalking
- walkingway
- nonbacklit
- catwalker
- sleptwalk
- walk over
- forewalk
- lit-house
- frat lit
- slutwalk
- planeswalker
- knucklewalk
- knucklewalker
- waulker
- daywalker
- litzine
- skinwalking
- litfan
- cowalker
- walkshed
- walking bus
- nanowalker
- fastwalker
- walktrap
- litblog
- hotwalk
- Walt
- floor-walker
- welter-weight
- beweltered
- chick lit
- jayrun
- jaywalking
- perp walk
- Walzonomics
- alt-lit
- autowalk
- beamwalk
- beamwalking
- birdwalk
- boxwalker
- cakewalker
- daywalk
- dim-lit
- dogwalk
- dogwalking
- dumbwalking
- ecowalk
- fieldwalk
- fieldwalker
- fraughtest
- front walk
- handwalker
- ladlit
- linewalker
- microwalk
- miswalk
- moonlitten
- nightwalking
- photowalk
- pipewalker
- reefwalker
- ringwalk
- ropewalking
- skinwalk