Where does “Laugengebäck” come from?
Laugengebäck (German) comes from German Lauge, from Middle High German louge, from Old High German louga, from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
Laugengebäck (German): a small baked speciality made by immersing bread rolls in a lye solution before baking, e.g. a lye roll or a pretzel, and usually topped with coarse salt
Definitions
- a small baked speciality made by immersing bread rolls in a lye solution before baking, e.g. a lye roll or a pretzel, and usually topped with coarse salt
Ancestry of “Laugengebäck”, step by step
Laugengebäck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.