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==Terminology== The English word ''[[:wikt:wheel|wheel]]'' comes from the [[Old English]] word {{lang|ang|hwēol}}, from [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] {{lang|gem-x-proto|*hwehwlaz}}, from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] {{lang|ine-x-proto|*k<sup>w</sup>ék<sup>w</sup>los}},<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=wheel |encyclopedia=Online Etymology Dictionary |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wheel |access-date=28 March 2007 |archive-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703044245/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wheel |url-status=live}}</ref> an extended form of the root {{lang|ine-x-proto|*k<sup>w</sup>el-}} {{gloss|to revolve, move around}}. Cognates within Indo-European include [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] {{lang|is|hjól}} {{gloss|wheel, tyre}}, [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κύκλος}} {{transliteration|grc|kúklos}}, and [[Sanskrit]] {{transliteration|sa|[[chakra]]}}, the last two both meaning {{gloss|circle}} or {{gloss|wheel}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wheel&submit.x=42&submit.y=19 |title=American Heritage Dictionary Entry: wheel |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-date=20 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720080559/http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wheel&submit.x=42&submit.y=19 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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