SC - Lebkuchen

[Decker, Terry D.]

And here I was thinking it might be derived from "leben."  I hadn't taken
into account the non-standard, phonetic spellings one runs across in old
documents.

Bear

> << where does the 'leb-' come from, in the word 'lebkuchen'? >>
> 
> -- borrowing of lat. _libum_ 'Fladen' 'flat cake'
> -- derivation from a word cognate to _laib_ 'loaf', refering to some
> kind of baking tin.
> 
> According to the Kluge dictionary, both assumptions pose problems
> ("Beide Annahmen machen Schwierigkeiten").
> 
> Thomas