Where does β€œall-weather tire” come from?

all-weather tire (English) comes from English Tire, from Middle English tire, from Old French tirer, from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½, from Proto-Germanic teranΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European der- β€” to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

all-weather tire (English): A tire with rubber that remains soft in below-freezing conditions, but gives longer tread life in warm conditions than winter tires

Definitions

  1. A tire with rubber that remains soft in below-freezing conditions, but gives longer tread life in warm conditions than winter tires

Ancestry of β€œall-weather tire”, step by step

all-weather tire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Tire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTireTo become sleepy or weary
2Middle Englishtireequipment
3Old Frenchtirerto pull
4Gothicπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½to tear away, remove
5Proto-GermanicteranΔ…to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

via English all-weather

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishall-weatherNot affected by climatic conditions; capable of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- β†’