Etymology

wheelslide

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Today it means: A condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track instead of slowing down. Full definition →

English slide ← Middle English sliden ← Old English slīdan
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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*h₃sleydʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sléydʰeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*slīdan
  11. Old Englishslīdan
  12. Middle Englishsliden
  13. Englishslide
  14. English todaywheelslide

From wheel + slide.

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