Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “weh₁-”
375 words across 81 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — including very, verify, veritable, verily, veracity, verifiable, aver, verity.
See the etymology of weh₁- itself →
English (43)
- very
- verify
- veritable
- verily
- veracity
- verifiable
- aver
- verity
- verisimilitude
- veridical
- verifier
- veritably
- unverifiable
- verifiability
- veritas
- primavera
- verifiably
- veridicality
- veridically
- unveracity
- nonveridical
- reverify
- verism
- nonverifiable
- inveracity
- unverifiability
- unveridical
- inverisimilitude
- averral
- veritableness
- averrer
- unverifiably
- verifiableness
- verifieth
- nonveridically
- inverity
- unverifiableness
- Verdadism
- verifiest
- reverifiable
- averrable
- unverify
- vera causa