different between toddler vs zwieback

English

From toddle (“to walk unsteadily”) +? -er – literally “one who walks unsteadily”, hence a young child.

toddler (plural toddlers)

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto.

zwieback (countable and uncountable, plural zwiebacks)

a usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddler children

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