köken: Possibly from Low German and Middle Low German jolle (“dinghy”), possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.
a spinning top · a rigid object that can rotate freely around a fixed point · a 家(か)紋(もん) (kamon, “family crest”) in the form or shape of a spinning top
köken: Appears to be a shortening of older reading komatsukuri or komatsuburi (see below). The shorter form koma is now the most common reading. The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).
köken: From Low German jolle, from Middle Low German jolle, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus. Compare with German Jolle and Dutch jol.