[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Josef

Here is one explanation of the orgin of "spoke" for a wheel I found:

"The term originally referred to portions of a log which had been split lengthwise into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke (from a log) into their finished shape. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials he used."

Seems history has a lot to do with how our languages change. So, location and usage are just some of the problems with maintaining complete mastery of any language, native or not.

Nice. Etymology and history is very interesting IMO.