Etymology

unwheel

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Today it means: To remove the wheel or wheels from. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  11. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  12. Old Englishhwēol
  13. Middle Englishwhel
  14. Englishwheel
  15. English todayunwheel

From un- + wheel.

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