Semmel
German (Berlin)
/ˈzɛml̩/
noun
Definitions
- (regional) bread roll
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German semele (fine flour) inherited from Old High German semala derived from Latin simila (wheat flour, finest quality wheat flour, finest wheat flour, the finest flour).
Origin
Latin
simila
Gloss
wheat flour, finest quality wheat flour, finest wheat flour, the finest flour
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semolina English
- simila Latin
- similago Latin
- Brötchen German
- Kaiser German
- Kaisersemmel German
- Knödel German
- Semmelbrötchen German
- Semmelknödel German
- zsemle Hungarian
- semola Italian
- semolino Italian
- semla Swedish
- semala Old High German
- semele Middle High German
- זעמל Yiddish
- sembla Old Swedish
- סְמִידָא Aramaic
- zymmuł Vilamovian