chainwheel

Questions

What does chainwheel mean?

Synonym of chainring (“bicycle part”).

Where does chainwheel come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Old French chaeinebor. Middle English cheyne English chain Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English chainwheel From chain + wheel.

How to pronounce chainwheel

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