Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ḱes-”
400 words across 52 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — including cell, castle, Chester, Castro, Gloucester, chaste, chastity, sill.
See the etymology of ḱes- itself →
English (160)
- cell
- castle
- Chester
- Castro
- Gloucester
- chaste
- chastity
- sill
- casket
- incest
- Cheshire
- cassette
- chastisement
- caries
- chastise
- incestuous
- windowsill
- celled
- chastening
- carious
- fracas
- château
- castellated
- chasten
- chatelaine
- castellan
- castigate
- chastely
- unchastity
- videocassette
- cassation
- cellmate
- chasteneth
- Castletown
- supercell
- cellblock
- castrum
- photocell
- sandcastle
- doorsill
- multicelled
- castell
- macrocell
- chasteness
- chast
- sile
- castellum
- multicell
- chastiser
- microcell
- celling
- cassone
- protocell
- incestuously
- chatelain
- cass
- subcell
- qasr
- castling
- castlelike
- microcassette
- intercell
- ksar
- chastiseth
- alcazar
- castigator
- geocell
- sterncastle
- Castroite
- picocell
- incestuousness
- aftercastle
- castlebuilding
- celly
- chastenest
- castellany
- chastener
- anticaries
- castrametation
- incestual
- cellie
- intracell
- noncell
- milecastle
- inchastity
- chatelet
- nonincestuous
- castleward
- cellbound
- cariology
- castellate
- unicell
- chastisest
- Castroist
- chastly
- noncarious
- hypercell
- minicell
- castlebuilder
- minicassette
- unicelled
- Novocastrian
- cellwise
- sillock
- portsill
- precell
- cariological
- castlet
- cariousness
- chasteningly
- ovicell
- chastisable
- chastness
- Castrist
- polycell
- incestually
- celliferous
- cassate
- castleless
- casketless
- Castrism
- castrensial
- celliform
- chatellany
- chesterlite
- uncastle
- B cell
- health fund
- metaprotocell
- cassetteless
- Castrophile
- femtocell
- noncassette
- cassettelike
- cariologic
- casteller
- incestlike
- incastellate
- castlette
- skysill
- pseudocastle
- cons cell
- becastled
- unincestuous
- 5-cell
- 16-cell
- 8-cell
- 24-cell
- encasket
- castigateth
- castigatest
- incestic
- incestophobia
- incestophilia
- incestuality
- incestualize
- cellful
- pseudoincest
- incestualist
- proincest
Italian (56)
- cassone
- cassa
- fracasso
- fracassare
- cassare
- cassazione
- castello
- castellano
- scatola
- carie
- carino
- cassero
- casta
- casto
- cassetta
- castigare
- carente
- incassare
- cassiere
- scatolone
- videocassetta
- castità
- scatolificio
- casso
- castigato
- castigatezza
- scatolame
- carineria
- castellologia
- audiocassetta
- carioso
- cinecassetta
- controcassa
- fonocassetta
- microcassetta
- minicassetta
- anticarie
- scatolaio
- castamente
- cassettista
- castale
- fracassoso
- fracassosamente
- incassabile
- castigazione
- incassatura
- incastellare
- incastellamento
- incastrare
- incastratura
- portacassette
- cassette
- castigatamente
- scatolata
- scatolato
- Castelrosso
Latin (47)
- caries
- cassus
- castus
- castellanus
- castellum
- castrum
- castrensis
- castra
- castigo
- incestus
- cassare
- careo
- caste
- carere
- incesto
- carentem
- castitas
- casso
- cariosus
- castigatio
- carens
- cariturus
- castifico
- castificans
- castrametor
- castrametatus
- castigans
- caritus
- carendus
- castimonia
- castula
- cassabundus
- casabundus
- cassans
- castificaturus
- castificatus
- castificandus
- castigaturus
- castigatus
- castigandus
- castrametans
- castrametaturus
- castrametandus
- incestans
- incestaturus
- incestatus
- incestandus