Where does “Kegel” come from?

Kegel (German) comes from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil — stake, pole, pile.

Kegel (German): skittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin; any heap or...

Definitions

  1. skittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin; any heap or...

Ancestry of “Kegel”, step by step

Kegel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German kegil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankegilpeg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake
2Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile

via Old High German chegil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanchegil—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old High German kegil →