An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pokal

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Pocke

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

Pokal

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Pokal.

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2564197An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — PokalJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Pokal, masculine, ‘drinking cup,’ first occurs in Modern High German from Italian boccale (French bocal), ‘beaker, mug,’ which with its Romance cognates is usually traced back to Greek βαυκάλἰον, ‘vessel’; compare Becher.