English
kniffles
Kniffles comes from Alemannic German Knöpfli ‘pastry similar to spaetzle’.
- Alemannic GermanmodernKnöpfli‘pastry similar to spaetzle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kniffles
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Alemannic GermanmodernKnöpfli‘pastry similar to spaetzle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kniffles
Earliest quotation: 1987, Richard Irwin Rossbacher, Now Remembered: Living Pennsylvania History Through 1900: “Ed enjoyed kniffles, sauerbraten, a glass of pilsener taken…”
Every English word from Alemannic German Knöpfli
Today it means
noun Egg dumplings or noodles used in German cuisine
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Alemannic German Knöpfli / kniffles