Where does “Kugelbombe” come from?

Kugelbombe (German) comes from German Bombe, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

Kugelbombe (German): spherical or spherelike bullet bomb

Definitions

  1. spherical or spherelike bullet bomb

Ancestry of “Kugelbombe”, step by step

Kugelbombe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bombe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBombea bomb; a bombe, a bomb-shaped dessert; a bombe...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

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
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo