Etymology

footwheel

F4O1O1T1W4H4E1E1L1

Today it means: Any wheel worked by means of the foot. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Germanic*fōts
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fōt
  5. Old Englishfōt
  6. Middle Englishfot
  7. Englishfoot
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  10. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  11. Old Englishhwēol
  12. Middle Englishwhel
  13. Englishwheel
  14. English todayfootwheel

From foot + wheel.

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