Etymology

wheelrim

W4H4E1E1L1R1I1M3

Today it means: The rim of a wheel. Full definition →

English rim ← Middle English rim ← Old English rima
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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 Englishrima
  8. Middle Englishrim
  9. Englishrim
  10. English todaywheelrim

From wheel + rim.

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