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Where does “פּליושן” come from?

פּליושן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פּליוש, from Russian плюш, from German Plüsch, from French peluche, from Old French peluchier, from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila — to grind, to crush.

פּליושן (Yiddish): plush, velvet

Definitions

  1. plush, velvet

Ancestry of “פּליושן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּליושplush
2Russianплюшplush
3GermanPlüschplush
4Frenchpelucheplush , fluff; first-person singular present...
5Old Frenchpeluchierto peel; to clean
6Vulgar Latin*pilūc(i)cāre—
7Latinpilāre—
8Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
9Latinpīlus—
10Latinpīlum—
11Proto-Italicpistlom—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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