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Where does “blintz” come from?

blintz (English) comes from Yiddish בלינצע, from Upper Sorbian blinc, from Upper Sorbian mlinc, from Proto-Slavic mlinъ — pancake.

blintz (English): A thin blini , filled and folded, then fried and...

Definitions

  1. A thin blini , filled and folded, then fried and...

Ancestry of “blintz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבלינצעblintz
2Upper Sorbianblinc—
3Upper Sorbianmlinc—
4Proto-Slavicmlinъpancake
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