English Explanatory Dictionary

portzelky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.

Word forms

portzelky porzelky

Etymology

From or related to Prussian German Low German Porzelke (see Porzelchen, porzelchen), diminutive of Porzel f or n (whence German Porzeln).

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