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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cartwheel | The literal wheel of a cart; A gymnastic maneuver... |
| 2 | English | wheel | A circular device capable of rotating on its... |
| 3 | Middle English | whel | A wheel circular device for motion |
| 4 | Old English | hwēol | wheel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hweulō | nominative/vocative/accusative plural of *hwehwlą |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷléh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English Split
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Split | To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Splȉt | — |
| 3 | Italian | Spalato | — |
| 4 | Latin | Spalatum | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σπάλαθος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσπάλαθος | name of several types of thornbush |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀσπάλαθος | name of several types of thornbush |