teig·lach 
(t
āg
lä
′, t
īg
-)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A confection consisting of rounded bits of dough cooked briefly in a honey syrup and sometimes mixed with nuts or candied fruit.
[Yiddish teyglekh, from teygl, diminutive of teyg, dough, from Middle High German teig, from Old High German teic; see dheigh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]