Where does “Plüschkissen” come from?
Plüschkissen (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.
Plüschkissen (German): plush pillow
Definitions
- plush pillow
Ancestry of “Plüschkissen”, step by step
Plüschkissen 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 Kissen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kissen | cushion; pillow; all the soft parts of a bed,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | küssen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kussen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kussijaną | to kiss |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |