Where does “kakelugn” come from?

kakelugn (Swedish) comes from Swedish kakel, from German kachel, from Middle High German kachel, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin cacculus, from Latin caccabus, from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος — a pot or a pan.

kakelugn (Swedish): tilestove

Definitions

  1. tilestove

Ancestry of “kakelugn”, step by step

kakelugn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kakel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkakeltile
2Germankachelinflection of kacheln: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germankachel—
4Old High Germanchachala—
5Vulgar Latincacculus—
6LatincaccabusAlternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot
7Ancient Greekκάκκαβοςa pot or a pan

via Swedish ugn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishugnoven
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn—
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “kakelugn”

Every word from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος →Every word from Latin caccabus →Every word from Vulgar Latin cacculus →