Where does “wagonwright” come from?
wagonwright (English) comes from English wagon, from Dutch wagen, from Dutch lijkwagen, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką — to bind, tie.
wagonwright (English): A builder of wagons
Ancestry of “wagonwright”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wagon | A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads; A... |
| 2 | Dutch | wagen | A wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,... |
| 3 | Dutch | lijkwagen | A hearse, a funerary vehicle |
| 4 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |