Pelz
German (Berlin)
/pɛlt͡s/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) fur
- fur animal's pelt
- fur coat or other clothing item made from fur
- (rare) furry member of furry fandom
- (heraldry) fur
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German pellez inherited from Old High German pelliz derived from Latin pellīcia.
Origin
Latin
pellīcia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pell English
- Scytalosagittipelliger Latin
- pellarius Latin
- pellicea Latin
- pelliger Latin
- pellis Latin
- pellīcia Latin
- Faulpelz German
- Handschuh German
- Kappe German
- Mantel German
- Pelzhandschuh German
- Pelzkappe German
- Pelzmantel German
- faul German
- pelzig German
- pellagra Italian
- pelle Italian
- pelisse French
- πέλλα Ancient Greek
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pel-ni-, *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- pilz Old Norse
- pelette Old French
- pelc Serbo-Croatian
- pels Icelandic
- pelica Galician
- pielcea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- piele Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pelle Middle Dutch
- pelliz Old High German
- pell Old Irish
- pellez Middle High German
- *pelnis Proto-Italic
- pels Norwegian
- peâ Bourguignon