Etymology

sheave

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Today it means: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *skey-
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sheave · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*skey-“to split”
  2. English todaysheave

From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.

sheave · verb2

See sheaf.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*skey- all →

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