skittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin · any heap or peak of conical or pyramidal shape, especially of feces, hay, brushwood, of mountains and of the tip of a helmet · cone
köken: From Middle High German kegel, from Old High German chegil, kegil (“peg”), especially pegs for a tent (zeltchegil) or similar. Middle High German kegel means “peg or pin used for a game” (such as skittles), but regional use from the 14th century onward also preserve a more general meaning of “peg, cudgel”. The etymology cannot be traced with certainty. The word is a member of a Wortsippe which…
köken: 1560s, from Middle French cone (c. 16th century) or directly from Latin cōnus (“cone; peak of a helmet”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European * ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate to Sanskrit शित (śita, “sharpened”), Latin catus (“sharp”), Old English han (“stone”)).
köken: Inherited from Old Czech kužel, from Proto-Slavic *kǫžeľь. Alternativaly, proposed to be borrowed from Middle High German kugel (see German Kugel).