Where does “Plüschdecke” come from?
Plüschdecke (German) comes from German Plüsch, 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.
Plüschdecke (German): plush cover
Definitions
- plush cover
Ancestry of “Plüschdecke”, step by step
Plüschdecke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Plüsch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plüsch | plush |
| 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 |
via German decke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | decke | present first-person singular of decken "I cover" |
| 2 | Middle High German | decke | — |
| 3 | Old High German | theckī | — |
| 4 | Old High German | thecken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þakkjan | to cover; to burn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þakjaną | to cover; to burn |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þaką | roof, cover |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |