פּרעצל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German brēzel, from Old High German brezitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus (“small cake”), from Latin bracchiātus (“have branches like arms”), from bracchium (“arm”) + -ātus. Cognate to German Brezel. See also פּוטער (puter) for the word-initial /b/ → /p/ shift.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛt͡sɫ̩/

Noun

פּרעצל • (pretsl) m, plural פּרעצלען (pretslen)

  1. pretzel
    Synonym: בייגעלע (beygele)

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pretzel”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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