Kipfl

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German kipfe (roll of bread), perhaps related to Old High German kipfa (axle), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (beam, log),[1] itself possibly borrowed from or related to the source of Latin cippus (post, stake).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪpfl̩/

Noun

Kipfl n (mixed, genitive Kipfls, plural Kipfln)

  1. (regional, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) croissant
    Synonyms: Hörnchen, Croissant

Declension

Descendants

  • Sicilian: chìffili

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ Kipfel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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