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

1. onion

Descendants

• Middle High German: zwibolle, zibolle
  • Central Franconian: Zwiewel

    Hunsrik: Zwiwel

    Transylvanian Saxon: Zpibel

  • German: Zwiebel
  • Luxembourgish: Zwiwwel
  • Vilamovian: cwypuł
  • Yiddish: ציבעלע (tsibele)