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Where does “кибла” come from?

кибла (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Kübel, from Middle High German kübel, from Old High German kubilo, from Latin cupula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

кибла (Serbo-Croatian): bucket; qibla, qiblah, kiblah

Definitions

  1. bucket; qibla, qiblah, kiblah

Ancestry of “кибла”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKübela fairly tall tub or bucket, especially one with...
2Middle High Germankübelwooden vessel; this vessel as a measure of grain
3Old High Germankubilo—
4LatincupulaA small tub or cask
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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