Etymology

wheelmaker

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Today it means: One who makes wheels: a wheelwright. Full definition →

English maker ← Middle English maker ← Old English macian
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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-Germanic*makaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  9. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  10. Old Englishmacian
  11. Middle Englishmaken
  12. Middle Englishmaker
  13. Englishmaker
  14. English todaywheelmaker

From wheel + maker.

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