Where does “kegle” come from?

kegle (Danish) comes from Middle Low German kegel, from Old Saxon *kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil — stake, pole, pile.

kegle (Danish): a cone

Definitions

  1. a cone

Ancestry of “kegle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankegel—
2Old Saxon*kegil—
3Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old Saxon *kegil →Every word from Middle Low German kegel →