köken: Unknown, perhaps a Germanic (possibly Frankish) borrowing, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See also Italian and Portuguese felpa, Occitan feupo, Catalan pelfa.
köken: Maybe from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt), or from earlier ferpe, metathesized from fibra.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived form felpudo is already attested in the 13th century), probably from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt).
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto pluŝo Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Vulgar Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin -āticus Vulgar Latin -āticumder. Esperanto -aĵo Esperanto pluŝaĵo From pluŝo + -aĵo.