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

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; Breze, Brezen, Brezn
  - → 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 (in German), volumes 1: A–B, pages 486–487

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