Where does “kugel” come from?

kugel (English) comes from German kugel, from Proto-Germanic kuggilaz, from Proto-Germanic kuggǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gewgʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gēw- — to bend, arch.

kugel (English): a traditional Jewish dish consisting of baked...

Definitions

  1. a traditional Jewish dish consisting of baked...

Ancestry of “kugel”, step by step

kugel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kugel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankugelinflection of kugeln: ## first-person singular...
2Proto-Germanickuggilazknobbed instrument
3Proto-Germanickuggǭcog, swelling
4Proto-Indo-Europeangewgʰ-swelling, bow
5Proto-Indo-Europeangēw-to bend, arch

via Yiddish קוגל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקוגלkugel; Diminutive of קוגל
2Middle High Germankugele—

Words derived from “kugel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gēw- →