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Where does “plüssállat” come from?

plüssállat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian plüss, 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 — to grind, to crush.

plüssállat (Hungarian): stuffed animal

Definitions

  1. stuffed animal

Ancestry of “plüssállat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianplüssplush
2GermanPlüschplush
3Frenchpelucheplush , fluff; first-person singular present...
4Old Frenchpeluchierto peel; to clean
5Vulgar Latin*pilūc(i)cāre—
6Latinpilāre—
7Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
8Latinpīlus—
9Latinpīlum—
10Proto-Italicpistlom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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