Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “twerḱ-”
271 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — including trunk, sarcasm, sarcophagus, truncation, sarcoidosis, truculent, orgasmic, truncate.
See the etymology of twerḱ- itself →
English (103)
- trunk
- sarcasm
- sarcophagus
- truncation
- sarcoidosis
- truculent
- orgasmic
- truncate
- truncheon
- sarcoplasmic
- sarcomere
- trunking
- sarcolemma
- truncus
- truculently
- sarcoid
- trunked
- sarcode
- sarcopenia
- sarcoplasm
- sarcolemmal
- sarcomeric
- trunkful
- sarcoptic
- sarcoglycan
- trunkless
- subsarcolemmal
- neurosarcoidosis
- sarcous
- sarcocele
- multiorgasmic
- orgasmically
- trunkmaker
- trunklike
- sarcoidal
- trunkline
- trunkfish
- nonorgasmic
- preorgasmic
- postorgasmic
- subtruncate
- anorgasmic
- trunkload
- multitrunked
- trunkal
- sarcophagal
- sarcocarp
- nontrunk
- sarcodic
- sarcostyle
- sarcomerogenesis
- sarcoglycanopathy
- sarcotoxin
- trunky
- sarcophagous
- sarcoendoplasmic
- alitrunk
- trucidate
- detruncate
- sarcophagy
- sarcocol
- obtruncate
- sarcolite
- sarcology
- trucidation
- truncational
- intrasarcoplasmic
- sarcitis
- torvous
- sarcophaguslike
- sarcodo
- sarcoblast
- ichthyosarcotoxin
- betrunk
- sarco-
- sarcoderm
- sarcological
- sarcophile
- sarcoseptum
- sarcosis
- torvity
- trunkback
- bitruncation
- intrunk
- antitruncation
- truncheoneer
- unorgasmic
- sarcasmous
- sarcophagan
- sarcolactic acid
- sarcosphere
- pseudotrunk
- trunkmaking
- ichthyosarcotoxic
- sarcosome
- sarcosomal
- trunk-like
- truncheoner
- multiorgasmically
- suborgasmic
- sarcotheca
- sarcoblastic
- tronk
Latin (41)
- truncus
- detruncatus
- detruncare
- truncare
- truncate
- obtruncatus
- sarcasmus
- sarcophagus
- torvus
- trucido
- truculentus
- trux
- truncatus
- trunceus
- trucidatio
- obtrunco
- trunco
- truncans
- obtruncans
- trunculus
- contrucido
- trucidans
- trucidaturus
- trucidatus
- trucidandus
- trunculatus
- torvidus
- contrucidans
- contrucidaturus
- contrucidatus
- contrucidandus
- obtruncaturus
- obtruncandus
- truncaturus
- truncandus
- truciter
- sarcites
- trucidate
- obtruncate
- truncator
- sarcocolla