Where does “Kjäajelkugel” come from?

Kjäajelkugel (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kugel, from German kugel, from Proto-Germanic kuggilaz, from Proto-Germanic kuggǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gewgʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gēw- — to bend, arch.

Kjäajelkugel (Plautdietsch): bowling ball

Definitions

  1. bowling ball

Ancestry of “Kjäajelkugel”, step by step

Kjäajelkugel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Kugel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKugelball, sphere
2Germankugelinflection of kugeln: ## first-person singular...
3Proto-Germanickuggilazknobbed instrument
4Proto-Germanickuggǭcog, swelling
5Proto-Indo-Europeangewgʰ-swelling, bow
6Proto-Indo-Europeangēw-to bend, arch

via Plautdietsch Kjäajel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjäajelbowling (sport)
2Middle Low Germankegel—
3Old Saxon*kegil—
4Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gēw- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kuggǭ →