wire

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*weh₁iros“a twist, thread, cord, wire”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wīraz“wire”
3. Old English · inherited fromwīr“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwir
5. English todaywire

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

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