1405: Pretzel and Bretzel Oct 16, 2018

Certain unaspirated sounds can often sound the same; there is no reason why why write 'stop' as such and not 'sdop', but they are are always remarkably similar. This is true of [t] and [d], [k] and [g], and [b] and [p], but all of these (though less [k] and [g]) therefore get confused over time. For instance, the word 'pretzel' is 'Bretzel' in Swiss-German, as it was in all german dialects before it was bastardized, as will inevitably happen to words over time. Originally this comes from the Latin 'bracchiātus' ("having branches or arms"). Notably, 'brachial' and 'brachiosaurus' also share this root, but all of these words have a [b].