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Where does “gʷih₃wo-teh₂” come from?

gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

Ancestry of “gʷih₃wo-teh₂”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “gʷih₃wo-teh₂”

  • vital
  • vitamin
  • viable
  • vitality
  • whiskey
  • whisky
  • vitally
  • revitalize
  • biotin
  • usque
  • multivitamin
  • vitalism
  • vitalizing
  • unviable
  • revitalisation
  • nonviable
  • vitalize
  • vitalistic
  • dihydroxyvitamin
  • revitalise
  • vitalist
  • hydroxyvitamin
  • provitamin
  • usquebaugh
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