An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Puls

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

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2633039An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — PulsJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Puls, masculine, ‘pulse,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German puls, masculine and feminine; Latin pulsus (akin to pulsare, ‘to beat’), ‘beat’ (of the pulse), is shown by Dutch pols, English pulse, French pouls, Italian polso, &c., to be a common term in medicine in the Middle Ages,