zwibollo

Old High German

Alternative forms

zibollo, zibolla, cibolla

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *cibollā, altered by a folk-etymological reinterpretation as zwi- (“double”) (Proto-Germanic *twi-) + bolla (“bulb, tuber”) (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object, ball”).

Noun

zwibollo f

onion

Descendants

Middle High German: zwibolle, zibolle
- Central Franconian: Zwiewel
  Hunsrik: Zwiwel
  
  Transylvanian Saxon: Zpibel
- German: Zwiebel
- Luxembourgish: Zwiwwel
- Vilamovian: cwypuł
- Yiddish: ציבעלע (tsibele)

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