Where does “wholecoiner” come from?

wholecoiner (English) comes from English whole, from Middle English hol, from Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

wholecoiner (English): A person who owns at least one unit of a cryptocurrency (generally Bitcoin, in view of its price)

Definitions

  1. A person who owns at least one unit of a cryptocurrency (generally Bitcoin, in view of its price)

Ancestry of “wholecoiner”, step by step

wholecoiner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English whole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwholeEntire, undivided; Sound, uninjured, healthy;...
2Middle Englishholhollow, empty; concave, sunken; holey
3Old Englishhola hole, a hollow; calumny; slander
4Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
5Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
6Proto-Germanichulazhollow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via English coin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoinA piece of currency, usually metallic and in the...
2Frenchcoinwedge, cornerpiece; corner; area, part, place,...
3Old Frenchcoin
4Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Germanic hulazEvery word from Proto-Germanic hulą