Kipfl

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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Kipfl n (mixed, genitive Kipfls, plural Kipfln)

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

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Descendants

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  • Sicilian: chìffili

References

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  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.