Where does “Pumpernickel” come from?

Pumpernickel (German) comes from Low German Pumpernickel, from Low German Nickel.

Pumpernickel (German): A type of sourdough rye bread, strongly flavored,...

Definitions

  1. A type of sourdough rye bread, strongly flavored,...

Ancestry of “Pumpernickel”, step by step

Pumpernickel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German Pumpernickel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanPumpernickel—
2Low GermanNickel—

via German Nickel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNickelnickel; A coin of ten pfennigs

via German Pumper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPumperfart

Words derived from “Pumpernickel”

Every word from Low German Nickel →Every word from Low German Pumpernickel →