Etymograph

English

kringla

Kringla comes from Swedish kringla ‘pretzel’, from Old Norse kringla ‘disk, circle, orb’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- ‘to turn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*grenǵʰ-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kringaz‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350kringla‘disk, circle, orb’
  4. Swedishmodernsame form‘pretzel’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*grenǵʰ-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kringaz‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350kringla‘disk, circle, orb’
  4. Swedishmodernsame form‘pretzel’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- ‘to turn’

cringe, 5 more

Today it means

noun A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- / kringla

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