Pretzel
[ˈprɛt.səl]Meaning
English word for a baked pastry commonly shaped into a knot
Background Story
Pretzel is recorded as a given name in obscure use, as both a masculine and a feminine name, in a user-submitted entry. The English word comes from dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, a diminutive of Latin brāchium, "arm", named for the appearance of folded arms.
