Where does “pluchen” come from?
pluchen (Dutch) comes from Dutch pluche, from French peluche, from Old French peluchier, from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum — to grind, to crush.
pluchen (Dutch): (made of) plush
Definitions
- (made of) plush
Ancestry of “pluchen”, step by step
pluchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pluche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pluche | The velvety fabric plush; The plush, i.e. cosy,... |
| 2 | French | peluche | plush (toy), fluff |
| 3 | Old French | peluchier | to peel; to clean |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *pilūc(i)cāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 7 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 8 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |