Etymology

brushwheel

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Today it means: One of a set of wheels that move each other without cogs or teeth, having the rubbing surfaces covered with stiff hairs, cloth, or leather instead. Full definition →

English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  3. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  4. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  5. Frankish*bursti
  6. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  7. Old Frenchbroisse
  8. Middle Englishbrusshe
  9. Englishbrush
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  12. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  13. Old Englishhwēol
  14. Middle Englishwhel
  15. Englishwheel
  16. English todaybrushwheel

From brush + wheel.

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