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Where does “Mütze” come from?

Mütze (German) comes from German almuʒ, from Medieval Latin almutia — hood, cowl.

Mütze (German): cap; bonnet, reticulum, the second compartment of...

Definitions

  1. cap; bonnet, reticulum, the second compartment of...

Ancestry of “Mütze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanalmuʒ—
2Medieval Latinalmutiahood, cowl

Words derived from “Mütze”

  • Baskenmütze
  • schlafmützig
  • Schlafmütze
  • Zipfelmütze
  • Bärenfellmütze
  • bemützt
  • müts
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