Where does “Kachel” come from?

Kachel (German) comes from Middle High German kachele, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin cacculus, from Latin caccabus, from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος — a pot or a pan.

Kachel (German): tile; cooking pot, saucepan; a term of abuse for...

Definitions

  1. tile; cooking pot, saucepan; a term of abuse for...

Ancestry of “Kachel”, step by step

Kachel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German kachele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankachele—
2Old High Germanchachala—
3Vulgar Latincacculus—
4LatincaccabusAlternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot
5Ancient Greekκάκκαβοςa pot or a pan

via Middle High German kachel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankachel—

Words derived from “Kachel”

Every word from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος →Every word from Latin caccabus →Every word from Vulgar Latin cacculus →