Where does “spokeless” come from?
spokeless (English) comes from English spoke, from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō.
spokeless (English): Without spokes
Ancestry of “spokeless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | spoke | A support structure that connects the axle or the... |
| 2 | Middle English | spoke | A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge... |
| 3 | Old English | spāca | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spaikā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spaikō | — |