h₁ep-

“to take, seize, reach”

Widely acceptedactionacquisition

Source of Latin aptus, English apt, adapt, adept

Verbal root meaning to take or reach, yielding Latin aptus and its English derivatives apt, adapt, inept.

bheg-“to break, shatter”bʰelh₂-“to strike, fight in battle”bʰendʰ-mn̥“something bound, a binding”bʰendʰ-₂“to bind, tie, fetter”bʰer-“to carry, to bear”bʰer-mn̥-₂“something carried, a burden”bʰerH-“to scrape, bore, perforate”bʰerH-eyo-“to keep bearing, enduring”