Where does “Kugelstoß” come from?

Kugelstoß (German) 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.

Kugelstoß (German): shot put

Definitions

  1. shot put

Ancestry of “Kugelstoß”, step by step

Kugelstoß 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 German Stoß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStoßpush; the rectrices
2Old High Germanstoz—

Words derived from “Kugelstoß”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gēw- →