Etymology

wheelpit

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Today it means: A pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs. Full definition →

English pit ← Middle English pit ← Old English pytt
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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-West Germanic*puti
  8. Old Englishpytt
  9. Middle Englishpit
  10. Englishpit
  11. English todaywheelpit

From wheel + pit.

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