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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Perlmutter

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Perlmutter
Friedrich Kluge2528700An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Perlmutter1891John Francis Davis

Perlmutter, f., ‘mother of pearl, late MidHG., formed like Fr. mère-perle (Ital. madre-perla); so too E. mother of pearl. Perlmutter is lit. ‘producer of pearls inside the mussel.’