The story
- Middle High German · derived fromrogel“loose”
- Slovene · derived fromrogelj“horn point”
- Slovene · derived fromRogelj
- Spanish · derived fromRogel
- English todayRogel
* from Spanish Rogel, a personal name equivalent to Roger * Americanized from Slovene Rogelj, from Slovene rogelj (“horn point”) * As a German surname, of uncertain etymology, possibly from the obsolete Middle High German rogel (“loose”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.