Etymology

eggel

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Today it means: A bagel sandwich with an egg filling. Full definition →

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

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

Blend of egg + bagel.

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