Etymology

chainwheel

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Today it means: Synonym of chainring (“bicycle part”). Full definition →

English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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  1. Proto-Italic*katesnā
  2. Latincatēna
  3. Old Frenchchaeine
  4. Middle Englishcheyne
  5. Englishchain
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  8. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  9. Old Englishhwēol
  10. Middle Englishwhel
  11. Englishwheel
  12. English todaychainwheel

From chain + wheel.

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