An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kanel

by Friedrich Kluge

Kanel, masculine, ‘cinnamon bark,’ accented on the termination, from Middle High German kanêl, ‘stick or cane of cinnamon’; the word was borrowed in the Middle High German period from French canelle, cannelle, ‘cinnamon bark,’ which is a diminutive of French canne (Latin canna) ‘cane,’ Italian canella, ‘tube.’