Etymology

wheelmaking

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Today it means: The trade of a wheelmaker. Full definition →

English making ← Middle English making ← Old English macung
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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. Old Englishmacung
  8. Middle Englishmaking
  9. Englishmaking
  10. English todaywheelmaking

From wheel + making.

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