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beugel
Bavarian German · medieval
"a ring-shaped roll"
from "biegen", to bend, describing the ring shape
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beygl
Yiddish · 1600s
"a boiled and baked ring-shaped bread"
became a staple of Ashkenazi Jewish communities in Eastern Europe
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bagel
English · 1900s
"a dense ring-shaped bread roll"
brought to New York by Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants
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