Etymograph

English

kifli

Kifli comes from Hungarian kifli ‘a traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a…’, from German Kipfl ‘croissant’, and ultimately from Middle High German kipfe ‘roll of bread’.

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kipfe‘roll of bread’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentKipfl‘croissant’
  3. Hungarianmodernkifli‘a traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a crescent shape’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kipfe‘roll of bread’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentKipfl‘croissant’
  3. Hungarianmodernkifli‘a traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a crescent shape’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Middle High German kipfe

Today it means

noun A Hungarian crescent-shaped bread roll.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle High German kipfe / kifli

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