English

manwinding

man + winding

A compound of man + winding

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Middle English winden

Middle English winding ‘act of exposing something to the wind,…’

Today it means

noun The transportation of workers up and down a mine by means of cages that are raised and lowered.

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Etymograph / manwinding