Where does “spinner wheel” come from?
spinner wheel (English) comes from English spinner, from Middle English spynnere, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
spinner wheel (English): A type of hubcap or inner wheel ornament that...
Definitions
- A type of hubcap or inner wheel ornament that...
Ancestry of “spinner wheel”, step by step
spinner wheel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spinner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spinner | Agent noun of spin; someone or something who... |
| 2 | Middle English | spynnere | A spinner; a person normally a woman who spins fibre as a job |
| 3 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via English wheel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wheel | A circular device capable of rotating on its... |
| 2 | Middle English | whel | A wheel circular device for motion |
| 3 | Old English | hwēol | wheel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hweulō | nominative/vocative/accusative plural of *hwehwlą |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷléh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |