brezitella
Old High German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus (“small biscuit, cake”), through femininized Western Romance *bracẹtélla (/brat͡seˈtɛlːa/). Compare Medieval Latin bracellus.
Noun
editbrēzitella f
Declension
editDeclension of brēzitella (feminine n-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | brēzitella | brēzitellun |
accusative | brēzitellūn | brēzitellun |
genitive | brēzitellūn | brēzitellōno |
dative | brēzitellūn | brēzitellōm, brēzitellōn |
Descendants
edit- 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)
- Luxembourgish: Brezel
- Rhine Franconian:
- → Franc-Comtois: betchelle
- → Franco-Provençal: bréchalle, brichelle
- → Lorrain: brèchetelle, brèstelle, brètsèle
- → French: brèchetelle (obsolete)
- → Walloon: britzèl
- Alemannic German: Brëtzle, Brëtzli
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “brachium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, pages 486–487