An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pickelhaube

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2696342An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — PickelhaubeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Pickelhaube, feminine, ‘peaked helmet’; Middle High German (13th century) beckenhûbe (also beckelhûbe), feminine, ‘peaked helmet,’ allied to Becken; Middle Latin bacinetum, bacilletum, ‘helmet,’ whence also Italian bacinetto, ‘flat helmet, morion,’ is named from the originally basin shape of the helmet.

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pickelhaube

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