Etymology

wheelflat

W4H4E1E1L1F4L1A1T1
English flat ← Middle English flat ← Old Norse flatr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Proto-Germanic*flataz
  8. Old Norseflatr
  9. Middle Englishflat
  10. Englishflat
  11. English todaywheelflat

From wheel + flat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.