Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1750s
Pumpernickel
from Pumpernickel
- Meaning
- Origin disputed: possibly *Pumpern* (to break wind) + *Nickel* (devil), an old slur for the dark heavy bread.
- Source word
- Pumpernickel
- Route into English
- Westphalian rye-bread tradition → American bakery English by 1860.
- Arrived
- 1750s
English borrows.
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