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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Polei

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Polei
Friedrich Kluge2510489An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Polei1891John Francis Davis

Polei, m., ‘penny-royal,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. polei, pulei, n.; based on Lat. pûlêjum, ‘penny-royal’ (whence Ital. poleggio, Fr. pouliot).