Home On Wheels

The English word wheel comes from the Old English word hweol, hweogol, from Proto-Germanic hwehwlan, hwegwlan, from Proto-Indo-European kwekwlo-, an extended form of the root kwel- "to revolve, move around". Cognates within Indo-European include Greek κύκλος kýklos, "wheel", Sanskrit chakra, Old Church Slavonic kolo, all meaning "circle" or "wheel",
The Latin word rota is from the Proto-Indo-European rotā-, the extended o-grade form of the root ret- meaning "to roll, revolve".