Is It Pronounced Bagel Or Beigel?
The word bagel itself comes from the Yiddish word “beigel” (pronounced like “bye-gel”), which was later anglicized to “bagel” when immigrants introduced the food to the United States during the 20th century. Is it a bagel or beigel? A bagel (Yiddish: בײגל, romanized: beygl; Polish: bajgiel; also historically spelled beigel) is a bread product originating …