English
hot-wire
From hot + wire, with hot referring to electrical current.
Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’
Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’
Proto-West Germanic *hait
Old English hāt ‘hot’
Middle English hot
English hot
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to turn’
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros ‘a twist’
Proto-Germanic *wīraz
Old English wīr ‘wire’
Middle English wir
English wire
Today it means
verb To wire, especially to a power supply, using a makeshift electrical connection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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