Etymology

cartwheel

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Today it means: The wheel of a cart. Full definition →

English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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The story

  1. Old Norsekartr
  2. Proto-Germanic*kradô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*krat
  4. Old Englishcræt
  5. Middle Englishcart
  6. Englishcart
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  9. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  10. Old Englishhwēol
  11. Middle Englishwhel
  12. Englishwheel
  13. English todaycartwheel

From cart + wheel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.