Etymology

wheelsmith

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Today it means: A wheelwright. Full definition →

English smith ← Middle English smyth ← Old English smiþ
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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*smiþaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*smiþ
  9. Old Englishsmiþ
  10. Middle Englishsmyth
  11. Englishsmith
  12. English todaywheelsmith

From wheel + smith.

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