wastel

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wes-“to be”
2. Frankish · derived from*wastil
3. Late Latin · derived fromwastellum
4. Old French · derived fromwastel
5. Middle English · inherited fromwastel
6. English todaywastel

From Middle English wastel, from Old French wastel, gastel (> French gâteau), from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish *wastil, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to be”). Cognate with Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”). Compare Old High German wist (“food”) and Old English wist (“food”). Doublet of gateau.

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