Plinse

German

Alternative forms
  • Plinze, Flinze, Flinse, Plinz

Etymology

Substratum word. Entered different dialects from different Balto-Slavic sources: in Prussia from Old Prussian plinxne,[1][2] possibly cognate to Lithuanian blynai (“pancake”); in Saxony from Upper Sorbian blinc[3][4] / blins[3], plinc[3] / plins (“thin pancake”), from an older form mlinc, from mleč.[3] Cognate to Yiddish בלינצע‎ (blintse), the source of English blintz.

Noun

Plinse f

  1. (in Saxony and historically also Prussia) A thin, flat cake made from a dough of milk, eggs and either flour or potatoes.

References
  • Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache "Plinse"
  1. H. Frischbier, Preussisches Wörterbuch, Ost- und westpreussische Provinzialismen, volume 1, A-K (1882)
  2. H. Frischbier, Preussisches Wörterbuch, Ost- und westpreussische Provinzialismen, volume 2, L-Z (1883)
  3. Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 8th edition (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2005, →ISBN: "Plinse", page 1020
  4. Friedrich Kluge, Elmar Seebold (editor), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24th edition (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2001, →ISBN, DNB 965096742): "Plinse", page 709

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