Complex sentence: Sticky buns appear to have a Germanic origin (originally known as "Schnecken"), as wherever 18th-Century German or "Pennsylvania Dutch" settlers went, sticky buns have remained long after many other specifically "Dutch" traits have disappeared.
Split into simpler sentences: Sticky buns appear to have a Germanic origin and were originally known as "Schnecken". Wherever 18th-Century German settlers (such as the Pennsylvania Dutch) went, sticky buns have remained long after many other cultural traits have disappeared.