Etymology

wheelstand

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Today it means: A wheelie. Full definition →

English stand ← Middle English stonden ← Old English standan
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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*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Germanic*standaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*standan
  10. Old Englishstandan
  11. Middle Englishstonden
  12. Englishstand
  13. English todaywheelstand

From wheel + stand.

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