English
hagelslag
Hagelslag comes from Dutch hagelslag ‘hailstorm, particularly a severe one’, and goes back to Middle Dutch hagelslach.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500hagelslach‘severe hailstorm’
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthagelslag‘hailstorm, particularly a severe one’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500hagelslach‘severe hailstorm’
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthagelslag‘hailstorm, particularly a severe one’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
Earliest quotation: 1993, Christopher Hunt, Food and drink: “There are also many types of sweet spreads. Dutch…”
Every English word from Middle Dutch hagelslach
Today it means
noun Small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch hagelslach / hagelslag