Where does “Kolesár” come from?

Kolesár (Slovak) comes from English wheelwright, from Middle English whelwryght, from Middle English wrighte, from Old English wyrhta, from Proto-West Germanic wurhtijō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Kolesár (Slovak): wheelwright

Definitions

  1. wheelwright

Ancestry of “Kolesár”, step by step

Kolesár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wheelwright

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwheelwrightA person who builds and repairs wheels,...
2Middle EnglishwhelwryghtA person employed in building and maintaining...
3Middle Englishwrighte
4Old Englishwyrhtaa worker; a maker of something
5Proto-West Germanicwurhtijōworker, workman
6Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via Slovak koleso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakkolesowheel
2Proto-Slavickȍlowheel
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Chichewa iye