Etymology

wheellike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a wheel. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English wheel
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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*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaywheellike

From wheel + -like.

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