Etymology

quenelle

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Today it means: A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached. Full definition →

French quenelle ← German Knödel
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The story

  1. German · derived fromKnödel
  2. French · borrowed fromquenelle
  3. English todayquenelle

Borrowed from French quenelle, from German Knödel. Doublet of knaidel, knedle, and knödel.

Words from the same roots

GermanKnödel all →

knödel

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