Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification). · The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning. · The fur or hair of a living animal. · Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin. · Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. · To remove feathers from (a bird).
The noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from Middle English pellet (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”), from Anglo-Norman pelette, pellet, and Old French pelete, pelette (“thin layer, film, skin; epidermis; foreskin”), from pel (“skin; garment made of animal skin, pelisse”) (from Latin pellis (“animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”)) + -ete (diminutive suffix); or * from Late Latin peletta, pelleta, pelletta (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”). Related to fell, pilch, film. Also compare Old Norse feldr (“pelt”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Norwegian Bokmål pels (“fur; fur coat”) * Norwegian Nynorsk pels (“fur; fur coat”)
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- Root classification mention*pel-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionpeltenm · skin of a sheep, especially without the wool
- Inherited-form mentionpelletenm · skin of an animal, especially a sheep
- Derivation mentionpeletefro
- Derivation mentionpellisla · animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin
- Derivation mention*pel-ine-pro · to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth
- Cognate mentionfeldrnon
- Cognate mentionpelsnb · fur; fur coat
- Cognate mentionpelsnn · fur; fur coat
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