brezitella

Old High German

Alternative forms

• brecila, brecedella, bricitel, prezitella, pricella

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus (“small biscuit, cake”), through femininized Western Romance *bracẹtélla (/brat͡seˈtɛlːa/). Compare Medieval Latin bracellus.

Noun

brēzitella f

1. A pastry, especially a pretzel.

   Synonyms: brezza, brezzita

Declension

Declension of brēzitella (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	brēzitella	brēzitellun
accusative	brēzitellūn	brēzitellun
genitive	brēzitellūn	brēzitellōno
dative	brēzitellūn	brēzitellōm, brēzitellōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: brêzel, prêzel, prêzile
  • Alemannic German: Brëtzle, Brëtzli

    Alsatian: Bradschdal, Bratzel, Bredschdel, Bretzel

    Swabian: Brezl

  • German: Brezel, Brätzel, Pretzel, Bretzel (Switzerland), Breze, Brezen, Brezn (Southern Germany, Austria)
    • → English: pretzel
    • → French: bretzel
    • → Polish: precel
    • → Russian: бре́цель (brécelʹ)
  • Luxembourgish: Brezel
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Bratzel, Bretschel, Bratzel

    Pennsylvania German: Bretzel

  • → Franc-Comtois: betchelle
  • → Franco-Provençal: bréchalle, brichelle
  • → Lorrain: brèchetelle, brèstelle, brètsèle
    • → French: brèchetelle (obsolete)
  • → Walloon: britzèl

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “brachium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, pages 486–487