English
forewheel
From fore- + wheel.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’
Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą ‘wheel’
Proto-Germanic *hweulō ‘wheels (plural of *hwehwlą)’
Old English hwēol ‘wheel’
Middle English whel ‘wheel’
English wheel
Today it means
noun A front wheel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forewheel