Etymology

bagelry

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Today it means: A bagel shop. Full definition →

English bagel ← Yiddish בייגל (beygl) ← Middle High German bouc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰowgʰ-o-s
  3. Proto-Germanic*baugaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*baug
  5. Old High Germanboug
  6. Middle High Germanbouc
  7. Yiddishבייגל (beygl)
  8. Englishbagel
  9. English todaybagelry

From bagel + -ry.

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