Etymology

rugelach

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Today it means: A type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc. Full definition →

Yiddish ראָגאַל ← Polish rogal
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The story

  1. Polish · derived fromrogal“crescent roll”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromראָגאַל
  3. English todayrugelach

From Yiddish ראָגאַל (rogal) with plural suffix ־לעך (-lekh), from Polish rogal (“crescent roll”).

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