Where does “peil” come from?

peil (Middle English) comes from Middle English apel, from Old French apel, from Old French apeler, from Latin appellō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “peil”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	apel	—
2	Old French	apel	call
3	Old French	apeler	to call, to call out
4	Latin	appellō	to drive or move to
5	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
7	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
8	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9	Proto-Italic	en	in
10	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →