English
kipfel
Kipfel comes from Old High German kipfa, and goes back to Latin cippus ‘post’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcippus‘post’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050kipfa
- Germanc. 1650–presentKipfel
- Englishearliest quotation 1880kipfel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcippus‘post’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050kipfa
- Germanc. 1650–presentKipfel
- Englishearliest quotation 1880kipfel
Earliest quotation: 1880, C. J. Peterson, Peterson's Magazine: “Bake the kipfel on wafers, in a very moderate…”
Linked words
through Latin cippus ‘post’
Today it means
noun A type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cippus / kipfel