Etymology

cragel

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Today it means: A combination of a croissant and a bagel. Full definition →

English bagel ← Yiddish בייגל (beygl) ← Middle High German bouc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  3. Latincrēscō
  4. Latincrēscentem
  5. Old Frenchcreissant
  6. Old Frenchcroisant
  7. Frenchcroissant
  8. Englishcroissant
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰowgʰ-o-s
  11. Proto-Germanic*baugaz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*baug
  13. Old High Germanboug
  14. Middle High Germanbouc
  15. Yiddishבייגל (beygl)
  16. Englishbagel
  17. English todaycragel

Blend of croissant + bagel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.