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    What originally South-German type of salted biscuit got its name, indirectly, from an Italian word for bracelet?

    Question #77632. Asked by Flem-ish. (Mar 22 07 12:43 AM)


    bottle_rocket

    		I believe it is bagel though most resources I'm looking at say that it comes from the German word for "bracelet". Perhaps, that word came originally from Italian.

    Mar 22 07, 2:45 AM
    Flem-ish

    		The bagel is Central European in origin.
    The snack I have in mind originated in Southern-Germany and has a knot-like shape.
    Its name is related to Latin bracellus and its Italian derivation bracciello. Guess this should make it easy enough.

    Mar 22 07, 3:53 AM
    romeomikegolf

    		It has to be a pretzel.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel

    Mar 22 07, 3:57 AM
    Flem-ish

    		Sure. A b becoming a p, is a quite current phonetic change: loss of voice.

    Mar 22 07, 5:00 AM
    What-A-Mess

    		Pretzel

    1856, from Ger. Prezel, also Brezel, from O.H.G. brezitella, from M.L. *brachitellum, presumably a kind of biscuit baked in the shape of folded arms (cf. It. bracciatella, O.Prov. brassadel), dim. of L. bracchiatus "with branches, with arms," from L. bracchium "arm".

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=30

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=30

    Mar 22 07, 4:03 PM

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