Where does “splitwheel” come from?

splitwheel (English) comes from English cartwheel, from English wheel, from Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-Germanic hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷléh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

splitwheel (English): A playboating move that uses a half pirouette to...

Definitions

  1. A playboating move that uses a half pirouette to...

Ancestry of “splitwheel”, step by step

splitwheel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cartwheel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcartwheelThe literal wheel of a cart; A gymnastic maneuver...
2EnglishwheelA circular device capable of rotating on its...
3Middle EnglishwhelA wheel circular device for motion
4Old Englishhwēolwheel
5Proto-Germanichweulōnominative/vocative/accusative plural of *hwehwlą
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷléh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷloswheel; circle
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via English Split

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSplitTo divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line
2Serbo-CroatianSplȉt
3ItalianSpalato
4LatinSpalatum
5Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος
6Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
7Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-