Etymology

forewheel

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Today it means: A front wheel. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂éy
  4. Proto-Germanic*furai
  5. Proto-Germanic*furai-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*forē-
  7. Old Englishfore-
  8. Middle Englishfore-
  9. Englishfore-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  12. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  13. Old Englishhwēol
  14. Middle Englishwhel
  15. Englishwheel
  16. English todayforewheel

From fore- + wheel.

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