explorable etymologies

PIE roots

How single Proto-Indo-European words fan out into the modern vocabulary — one root per page, every chain verified against the sources.

Published

*deru- — the tree of ‘tree’

tree, true, truce, trust, druid, endure, tar — a scrollytelling explorable

*weyd- means to see, to know — the occult side

wizard, clairvoyant, Providence, Ayurveda — and Polish wiedźma, wieszcz, widmo

*kʷel- means to turn

wheel, cycle, chakra, culture, colony, pole, palindrome, collar

Work in progress

*h₂stḗr — the star of ‘star’

star, stellar, asterisk, asteroid, disaster — a scrollytelling explorable

*weyd- means to see, to know

vision, view, evidence, wit, wise, history, idea, advice

*bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

fate, fairy, prophet, euphemism, anthem, ban, bandit, contraband

*sed- ‘to sit’

sit, settle, seat, siege, size, chair, banshee, Upanishad