Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “dáḱru-”
400 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru- — including lay, layer, torn, tear, laying, layout, lays, tearing.
See the etymology of dáḱru- itself →
English (170)
- lay
- layer
- torn
- tear
- laying
- layout
- lays
- tearing
- relay
- lagoon
- outlay
- tearful
- overlay
- layman
- layering
- bilayer
- monolayer
- multilayer
- tearfully
- inlay
- lacrimal
- lacuna
- bricklayer
- layland
- lacunae
- teary
- lai
- layperson
- interlayer
- lacustrine
- tearless
- teardrop
- sublayer
- layover
- lacunar
- nasolacrimal
- layup
- onlay
- bricklaying
- tearfulness
- tearstained
- teardown
- overlayer
- epilayer
- lagoonal
- underlayer
- lachrymation
- mislay
- laywoman
- layaway
- layabout
- layest
- lacune
- interlacustrine
- tearjerker
- adlayer
- lachrymatory
- trilayer
- tahr
- tearsheet
- minelayer
- tearaway
- egglaying
- lagune
- layback
- microlayer
- laytime
- submonolayer
- glaciolacustrine
- intralayer
- lacunary
- tearer
- phosphorelay
- relayer
- tearstreaked
- unlay
- platelayer
- tearlessly
- delayer
- multilayering
- lacunarity
- lacunose
- tracklaying
- interlay
- layshaft
- pipelaying
- transbilayer
- inlayer
- lachrymator
- nanolayer
- tracklayer
- tearily
- tearest
- lacunal
- tearingly
- fluviolacustrine
- nonlacunar
- larmier
- tearjerking
- biolayer
- tearable
- untearable
- layerwise
- layerage
- bicelle
- cunette
- retear
- teariness
- forelay
- laystall
- superlayer
- intralacustrine
- lagoonside
- tearthumb
- sublacustrine
- uplay
- baselayer
- tearlessness
- uptear
- laquear
- pipelayer
- tearstain
- mislayer
- nonlaying
- heterolayer
- stonelayer
- tearproof
- microtear
- laymanship
- tearlike
- egglayer
- tearsome
- interlayment
- pipelay
- groundlaying
- carpetlayer
- blocklayer
- blocklaying
- betear
- lachrymiform
- layship
- tearpit
- re-lay
- lay out
- nonmultilayer
- lacrimogenous
- bilayerlike
- monolayerlike
- nanorelay
- forlay
- lachrymable
- tearjerkingly
- fortear
- intermonolayer
- lay judge
- backlayering
- tearabout
- laymanize
- sublacrimal
- layerize
- layerization
- sublayout
- tetralayer
- pentalayer
- maxillolacrimal
- layless
- multilayout
- gyrolayer
- lacrymal
- dacryo-
Latin (40)
- lacrimatio
- lacrima
- lacus
- lacuna
- lacrimare
- laquear
- lacrimo
- lacrimabilis
- lacrimabundus
- lacrimosus
- lacrimose
- lacrimula
- lacrimatus
- lacrimans
- lacunosus
- conlacrimo
- allacrimo
- lacuno
- lacrumabundus
- allacrimans
- allacrimaturus
- allacrimatus
- allacrimandus
- conlacrimans
- conlacrimaturus
- conlacrimatus
- conlacrimandus
- inlacrimans
- inlacrimaturus
- inlacrimatus
- inlacrimandus
- lacrimaturus
- lacrimandus
- lacunans
- lacunaturus
- lacunatus
- lacunandus
- Sublaqueum
- lachryma
- lacrimoso