An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Döbel

by Friedrich Kluge

Döbel, masculine, ‘peg, wedge,’ from Middle High German tübel. masculine, ‘pin, plug, nail’; Old High German tubilî, neuter, ‘plug’ Compare English dowel, Dutch deuvik, ‘plug.’ The Teutonic root dub, upon which it is based, appears in Swedish dubba; so, too, perbups in Lithuanian dùbti, ‘to get hollow,’ daubà, důbě, ‘pit.’ The d of the Modern High German word is due to Middle German influence.