Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wekti-”
221 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wekti- — including weight, eight, ought, aught, overweight, lightweight, whit, heavyweight.
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English (86)
- weight
- eight
- ought
- aught
- overweight
- lightweight
- whit
- heavyweight
- oughtn't
- wight
- counterweight
- underweight
- weightless
- hundredweight
- birthweight
- weightlessness
- eightpence
- weightlifting
- paperweight
- bodyweight
- middleweight
- oughtest
- featherweight
- welterweight
- weightlifter
- pennyweight
- makeweight
- weightlessly
- bantamweight
- flyweight
- oughtness
- cruiserweight
- eightpenny
- biweight
- mediumweight
- reweight
- cwt.
- eightsome
- topweight
- eightscore
- unweight
- weightism
- ultralightweight
- sportweight
- midweight
- summerweight
- eightish
- weightwise
- wightly
- clockweight
- upweight
- superheavyweight
- preweight
- lightweightness
- nonheavyweight
- minimumweight
- bobweight
- superlightweight
- eightplex
- winterweight
- eightness
- doubleweight
- weightful
- weightist
- multiweight
- weightable
- oughtn't've
- weightlike
- weighteth
- eightling
- witherweight
- centum weight
- oughteth
- superwelterweight
- eightlike
- backweight
- strawweight
- eightsies
- laceweight
- deweight
- draw weight
- weightsome
- weightfulness
- eightsman
- atomweight
- welter-weight
German (50)
- Gewicht
- Leergewicht
- nichtnegativ
- nicht
- Nichtsein
- nichtmagnetisch
- Nichtjude
- Bösewicht
- Wicht
- wuchtig
- Wucht
- Körpergewicht
- vernichten
- Gewichtsprozent
- nichtleitend
- Gleichgewicht
- nichtjüdisch
- nichtmetallisch
- Fließgleichgewicht
- Lebendgewicht
- Wichte
- Vernichtungslager
- Vernichtung
- Atomgewicht
- Gewichtsreduzierung
- nichtmenschlich
- nichtrelativistisch
- vernichtend
- nichtionisch
- nichtig
- nichtrostend
- Nichtbeachtung
- nichtswürdig
- Trockengewicht
- Gewichtsanteil
- nichtmagnetisierbar
- nichtperturbativ
- Gleichgewichtszustand
- ne
- Gewichtheben
- nichtkristallin
- Ungleichgewicht
- Gewichtsreduktion
- Schwergewicht
- nichtpositiv
- nicht einmal
- Gewichtseinheit
- nichtenzymatisch
- Gleichgewichtsreaktion
- Gegengewicht