Etymology

firewheel

F4I1R1E1W4H4E1E1L1

Today it means: Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuir
  4. Old Englishfȳr
  5. Middle Englishfyr
  6. Englishfire
  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 todayfirewheel

From fire + wheel.

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