Where does “Feuerzangenbowle” come from?

Feuerzangenbowle (German) comes from German Bowle, from English bowl, from Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, from Proto-Germanic bullô, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Feuerzangenbowle (German): A traditional German alcoholic drink for which a rum or arak-soaked sugar-loaf is set on fire and drips into mulled wine

Definitions

  1. A traditional German alcoholic drink for which a rum or arak-soaked sugar-loaf is set on fire and drips into mulled wine

Ancestry of “Feuerzangenbowle”, step by step

Feuerzangenbowle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bowle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBowlepunch
2EnglishbowlA roughly hemispherical container used to hold,...
3Middle Englishbollepod; shell
4Old Englishbollabowl
5Proto-Germanicbullôround object; ball; bowl
6Proto-Germanicballôball
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via German Feuerzange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeuerzangefire tongs
2GermanFeuerfire; fire; the act of firing; a means for...
3Middle High Germanviurfire
4Old High Germanfiurfire
5Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
6Proto-Germanicfōrfire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô