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felly

Meaningwheel rim

Common meaning: outer rim or rim segment of a wheel

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishfeolan‘wheel rim’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfelwe‘wheel rim’source
  3. Englishfelly‘outer rim or rim segment of a wheel’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English feolan ‘wheel rim’.

Roots

  • feolan Old English “wheel rim”

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