Where does “chiflă” come from?
chiflă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian kifli, from German Kipfel, from German Kipf, from Old High German kipfa, from Proto-Germanic kippaz, from Latin cippus — stake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...
chiflă (Romanian): bread roll, bun
Ancestry of “chiflă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | kifli | — |
| 2 | German | Kipfel | Alternative spelling of Kipfl; croissant |
| 3 | German | Kipf | wagon post |
| 4 | Old High German | kipfa | axle; stave |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kippaz | — |
| 6 | Latin | cippus | stake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,... |