Etymograph

English

kegler

Kegler comes from German Kegler ‘bowler, bowling player’, and goes back to Kegeln.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKegeln‘bowling’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKegler‘bowler, bowling player’
  3. Englishtodaykegler

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKegeln‘bowling’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKegler‘bowler, bowling player’
  3. Englishtodaykegler

Today it means

noun A ten-pin bowling player or enthusiast.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Kegeln / kegler