English

inwheel

From in- (“within”) + wheel.

A compound of in- ‘within’ + wheel

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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 The inner wheel of a mill.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.