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So completely useless fact but "Bagel" comes via Yiddish "beigel" from "Beugel" which means "little horn" (similar etymology to "bend"). In Austria and Germany

So completely useless fact but "Bagel" comes via Yiddish "beigel" from "Beugel" which means "little horn" (similar etymology to "bend"). In Austria and Germany there are still bread products call "Beugel" and they look like a horn (https://images.ichkoche.at/data/image/variations/620x434/4/beugel-mit-mohnfuelle-img-35841.jpg https://images.ichkoche.at/data/image/variations/620x434/4/b...). So I suppose the original form might not have been closed yet into a ring.

phkahler 5y ago
>> So completely useless fact but "Bagel" comes via Yiddish "beigel" Around 2005 one of my coworkers from Germany would bring a large box with assorted beers for us when he came to the US. He would always fill it with bagels before returning. He loves bagels but said they don't really have them back home and he didnt know why. I paused and said "oh... they're a Jewish thing." He paused, lowered he head slightly and said "Oh, oops."