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Where does “Zipfelmütze” come from?

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

Zipfelmütze (German): peaked cap, pointed cap

Definitions

  1. peaked cap, pointed cap

Ancestry of “Zipfelmütze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMützecap; bonnet, reticulum, the second compartment of...
2Germanalmuʒ—
3Medieval Latinalmutiahood, cowl
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