The root wegh-, "to convey, especially by wheeled vehicle," is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as aks- and nobh-, attests to the presence of the wheel -- and vehicles using it -- at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96]
Figurative sense is early 14c. Wheel of fortune attested from early 15c. Slang wheels "a car" is recorded from 1959. Wheeler-dealer is from 1954, a rhyming elaboration of dealer.second letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to Greek beta, Phoenician beth, literally "house." It "has nothing of that variety of pronunciation shown by most English letters" [Century Dictionary]. The Germanic "b" is said to represent a "bh" sound in Proto-Indo-European, which continued as "bh" in Sanskrit, became "ph" in Greek (brother/Greek phrater; bear (v.)/Greek pherein) and "f" in Latin (frater, ferre).
Often indicating "second in order." B-movie is by 1939, usually said to be so called from being the second, or supporting, film in a double feature. Some film industry sources say it was so called for being the second of the two films major studios generally made in a year, and the one cast with less headline talent and released with less promotion. And early usage varies with grade-B movie, suggesting a perceived association with quality.
B-side of a gramophone single is by 1962 (flip-side is by 1949). B-girl, abbreviation of bar girl, U.S. slang for a woman paid to encourage customers at a bar to buy her drinks, is by 1936.
原始印欧语(或古印欧语)是后世语言学家根据现时印欧语系诸语的特色，透过比较语言学的方法而倒推出来的假想语言。这种假想语言被认为是现时印欧语系诸语的共同祖先。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Proto-Indo-European 词源，Proto-Indo-European 含义。
proto-,原始的，Indo-,印度的，European,欧洲的。一种由语言学家分析拉丁语，希腊语，印度语等诸多语言的相似点后进行解构构造出来的语言体系，由于该语言没有文字实物，因此在引用该语言词汇时通常加上”*”以进行说明。