Etymology

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Today it means: A deep fried potato patty of Javanese origin, derived from the Dutch meat based frikadel. Introduced to Singapore and Malaysia by Javanese immigrants. Full definition →

Malay bergedel, begedil ← Javanese bregedel ← Indonesian perkedel
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromfrikadel
  2. Indonesian · derived fromperkedel
  3. Javanese · derived frombregedel
  4. Malay · borrowed frombergedel, begedil
  5. English todaybegedil

Borrowed from Malay bergedel, begedil, from Javanese bregedel, from Indonesian perkedel, from Dutch frikadel.

Words from the same roots

Dutchfrikadel all →

frikkadel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.