Where does “Pruck” come from?

Pruck (Plautdietsch) comes from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, from Italian parrucca — wig.

Pruck (Plautdietsch): wig, periwig

Definitions

  1. wig, periwig

Ancestry of “Pruck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperruquewig; wig, periwig, peruke
2ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
3Italianparruccawig
Every word from Italian parrucca →
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