An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pelz

by Friedrich Kluge

Pelz, masculine, from the equivalent Middle High German bellîȥ, belz, pelz, masculine, ‘fur,’ borrowed in the 10th century (Old High German pellĭȥ) from the equivalent Middle Latin-Romance pellicia, ‘fur’; compare Italian pelliccia, French pelisse. It corresponds to Anglo-Saxon pylce, English pelt.