Etymology

guidewheel

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Today it means: The wheel used to guide a machine or vehicle; a steering wheel. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*wītaną
  4. Frankish*wītan
  5. Old Occitanguidar
  6. Old Occitanguida
  7. Old Frenchguide
  8. Middle Englishguide
  9. Englishguide
  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 todayguidewheel

From guide + wheel.

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