Etymograph

English

kreplekh

Kreplekh comes from Yiddish קרעפּל ‘a kind of meat or dairy dumpling, kreplach’, from Old High German krapho ‘hook’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krappō.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*krappō‘a hook’reconstructed
  2. Old High Germanc. 750–1050krapho‘hook’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350*krappereconstructed
  4. Yiddishmodernקראַפּ
  5. Yiddish, derivedmodernקרעפּלkreplekhas קרעפּלעך‘a kind of meat or dairy dumpling, kreplach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1995kreplekh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*krappō‘a hook’reconstructed
  2. Old High Germanc. 750–1050krapho‘hook’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350*krappereconstructed
  4. Yiddishmodernקראַפּ
  5. Yiddish, derivedmodernקרעפּלkreplekhas קרעפּלעך‘a kind of meat or dairy dumpling, kreplach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1995kreplekh

Earliest quotation: 1995, Dining: “Only Russian Cafe in St. Louis / My Grandma’s…”

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *krappō

Today it means

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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *krappō / kreplekh

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