Etymology

wheelband

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Today it means: The tyre of a wheel. Full definition →

English band ← Middle English band ← Old English bend
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  9. Old Englishbend
  10. Middle Englishband
  11. Englishband
  12. English todaywheelband

From wheel + band.

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