Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*wey-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *wey-, most common first.
- guileAstuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
- wattleA construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
- wileA trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
- witheA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.