Etymology

countwheel

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Today it means: The wheel in a clock that regulates the number of strokes. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latincomputō
  9. Anglo-Normancounter
  10. Middle Englishcounten
  11. Englishcount
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  14. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  15. Old Englishhwēol
  16. Middle Englishwhel
  17. Englishwheel
  18. English todaycountwheel

From count + wheel.

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