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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Etymologies #1529 05/02/00 11:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Fun or true, maybe both etymologies are off the beam, if the site http://www.r-net.de/rheine/stadt/geschichte/brand/sage2.htm is to be believed, Pumpernickel stems from the family name of the "serendipitous" inventor of this bread... By the way, if the wind-breaking line had any merit, it would rather spell "Puppernickel". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymologies Wordsmith 04/24/00 12:00 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 04/24/00 03:31 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 04/24/00 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/01/00 06:06 AM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/01/00 03:02 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 04:35 AM Re: Etymologies wsieber 05/02/00 11:32 AM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 06:34 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 09/24/01 10:27 PM . Max Quordlepleen 09/24/01 11:39 PM Re: Etymologies tsuwm 09/25/01 09:08 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 06:04 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 06:18 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 08:46 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 03:18 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/31/01 03:43 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 05:25 PM Re: Etymologies Keiva 11/25/01 03:23 AM Re: Etymologies Wordwind 11/25/01 08:56 AM Re: Etymologies wwh 11/25/01 03:35 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree wwh 11/25/01 03:49 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree Wordwind 11/25/01 04:00 PM grue emanuela 12/09/01 08:32 AM Re: gasket wwh 01/08/02 03:04 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/07/02 11:56 AM Re: gasket Keiva 03/07/02 12:47 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/13/02 03:38 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/13/02 03:55 PM Re: Etymologies JColter 05/01/00 05:39 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 05/01/00 11:43 PM Re: Etymologies paulb 05/03/00 11:48 AM Re: Etymologies jmh 05/03/00 12:41 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/05/00 04:33 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 03/17/01 05:55 PM Re: Etymologies Bingley 03/19/01 08:40 AM Re: Etymologies Jackie 03/23/01 02:57 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/07/01 04:55 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 744 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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