Etymology

brezel

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German Breze ← Middle High German brēzel ← Old High German brēzitella
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  1. Vulgar Latin*brāchiātellus
  2. Old High Germanbrēzitella
  3. Middle High Germanbrēzel
  4. GermanBreze
  5. English todaybrezel

Borrowed from German Brezel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.