But why is this a Wanderwort? The article describes it as "a word that has spread as a loanword among numerous languages and cultures, especially those that are

But why is this a Wanderwort? The article describes it as "a word that has spread as a loanword among numerous languages and cultures, especially those that are far away from one another, usually in connection with trade". What you say is just a word that was taken up from German by a couple of neighbouring countries. In that case virtually all words would be like that. This aside, of course it's a fun story...