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 A pastry, especially a pretzel. Synonyms: brezza, brezzita ==== Declension ==== ==== 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, volume 1: A–B, pages 486–487