An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pinsel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Pinsel
Friedrich Kluge2510462An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Pinsel1891John Francis Davis

Pinsel, m., from the equiv. MidHG. pënsel, bensel (MidG.), pinsel, m., ‘painter's brush’; formed from MidLat. pinsellus from penicillus, ‘little tail,’ whence also the equiv. Fr. pinceau.