An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pult

by Friedrich Kluge

Pult, masculine and neuter, ‘desk, writing-desk,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German pult, neuter, with the older variants pulpt, pulpet, pulpit. A later loan-word from Latin pulpĭtum, ‘wooden platform,’ whence also Italian pulpito, ‘pulpit,’ French pupitre, ‘desk’ (English pulpit).