Where does “vaffel” come from?

vaffel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Waffel, from Middle Dutch wāfel, from Old Dutch *wāvila.

vaffel (Norwegian Bokmål): a waffle

Definitions

  1. a waffle

Ancestry of “vaffel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWaffelwaffle, wafer
2Middle Dutchwāfel—
3Old Dutch*wāvila—
Every word from Old Dutch *wāvila →Every word from Middle Dutch wāfel →Every word from German Waffel →