Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wekʷ-”
400 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — including voice, weight, eight, ought, optical, epic, optic, aught.
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English (225)
- voice
- weight
- eight
- ought
- optical
- epic
- optic
- aught
- overweight
- optics
- lightweight
- unequivocal
- unequivocally
- equivocal
- whit
- voicing
- voiceless
- heavyweight
- oughtn't
- optically
- vociferous
- wight
- counterweight
- underweight
- vociferously
- weightless
- voicemail
- univocal
- hundredweight
- birthweight
- Calliope
- fiberoptic
- weightlessness
- optician
- eightpence
- necropsy
- preoptic
- optometrist
- weightlifting
- optoelectronic
- paperweight
- panoptic
- equivocate
- bodyweight
- middleweight
- equivocally
- oughtest
- epos
- epical
- univocally
- vociferation
- thespian
- featherweight
- optometry
- welterweight
- calliope
- optokinetic
- optoelectronics
- equivocality
- weightlifter
- supraoptic
- vocoder
- panopticism
- equivoque
- pennyweight
- vociferate
- voicelessness
- makeweight
- epopee
- photovoice
- weightlessly
- bantamweight
- voiceful
- flyweight
- electrooptic
- oughtness
- voiceprint
- voicelessly
- univocality
- epically
- equivocator
- epyllion
- optocoupler
- optomechanical
- épopée
- entoptic
- voicer
- voicebox
- optode
- electrooptical
- optoisolator
- vociferousness
- cruiserweight
- optophone
- eightpenny
- voiceband
- opticality
- biweight
- nonoptical
- magnetooptical
- optometer
- optomotor
- equivocalness
- micropsia
- undervoice
- mediumweight
- voicy
- reweight
- optoacoustic
- revoice
- devoice
- orthoptics
- nonvoice
- cwt.
- thesp
- vocule
- eightsome
- topweight
- eightscore
- optoelectric
- unweight
- weightism
- ultralightweight
- Calliopean
- sportweight
- quasioptical
- nanooptics
- midweight
- holoptic
- voicelike
- summerweight
- optothermal
- magnetooptic
- optotype
- eightish
- unepic
- unequivocalness
- vociferant
- antiepic
- voicefulness
- optochemical
- weightwise
- optogalvanic
- optomechanics
- autoptically
- electrooptics
- magnetooptics
- nonepic
- outvoice
- wightly
- autoptical
- electrooptically
- stereoptic
- clockweight
- unvoice
- upweight
- superheavyweight
- optogram
- voicepipe
- vociferator
- preweight
- optoelectronically
- lightweightness
- nonheavyweight
- minimumweight
- voiceable
- opticist
- epiclike
- miniepic
- bobweight
- superlightweight
- eightplex
- nonunivocal
- voicegram
- epicness
- winterweight
- suboptical
- vociferance
- eightness
- optoisolated
- doubleweight
- weightful
- optomechanically
- voicework
- weightist
- multiweight
- weightable
- acoustooptics
- oughtn't've
- weightlike
- epicism
- dioptometer
- optoisolation
- weighteth
- piezooptic
- optokinesis
- eightling
- heteroptics
- magnetoptical
- -opsy
- optography
- opto-
- witherweight
- vox angelica
- voice-over
- voice mail
- sotto voce
- centum weight
- optophobia
- optogenetic
- oughteth
- isooptoacoustic
- non-optical
- epeolatry
- optofluidic
- optofluidics
- superwelterweight
- optoacoustically
- eightlike
- nanooptoelectronics
- optogenetically
- backweight
- strawweight
- vocoderlike
- eightsies