Etymology

wheelcraft

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Today it means: The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels. Full definition →

Old English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz
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  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-Germanic*krafjaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  10. Old Englishcræft
  11. English todaywheelcraft

From wheel + -craft.

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