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Oxh  ; *udra- belongs to the same root as  ὕδωρ, ‘water,’ ἄνυδρος, ‘waterless, dry,’  udan, ‘water,’ ánudra-s, ‘waterless, dry,’ hence   is etymologically connected with. ὕδρα, ὕδρος, ‘water-snake,’ údra, ‘otter,’  vydra, ‘otter,’  udra,, ‘otter.’ —

, (thus in Luther), for ‘adder,’ is East ;   and  adder,  adder (also  ā̊dr).   ,, ‘hogshead,’ only,  from the   and  okshoofd, , to which  oxhufoud and  oxehoved are allied; the origin of the word cannot be ascertained. The sounds point rather to a  than to  and, because in the latter os signifies ‘ox.’ It is not certain whether the  meaning is ‘head of an ox,’ though it was thus popularly understood in , as is seen by the corrupt form hogshead, which it assumed on being adopted by.     ,, from the  and  pā̆r, ‘pair, two of the same sort’; formed from  par, ‘pair,’ whence also  paire, and from this comes  pair.   ,, ‘compact, lease, tenure,’ from  paht, with the strictly permutated and more usual forms phaht, phahte ,  and , ‘rent, lease, justice, law’; so too  pacht. The form is due to  influence, as is indicated by the initial sound compared with  phahte. It is based on pactum, pactus, ‘compact, a sum stipulated by the compact.’  *pfahta is not recorded, probably only by chance, though  (also ) pfât occurs a few times.   , and, ‘pack, bundle,’ to which late  backen, packen, ‘to pack up, load,’ is allied; it is connected with a  and   the source of which has not yet been discovered;   pak,  pakke,  packe,  pack;  pacco,  paquet, &c.; also  and  pac,  pak, which some regarded as the origin of the cognates, though others refer them, with greater probability, to  bagge, ‘burden.’ —

,, ‘rabble,’ is , and is historically identical with , ‘bundle.’  ,, ‘puff! bang!’ only, agreeing with  and  paf, ‘puff!’; scarcely allied to late  baffen, ‘to bark’; it is rather a recent onomatopoetic form. , ‘pooh!’ only, of a similar origin to.  ,, ‘palace,’ from palast , more usual palas,  and  (with a varying accent), ‘large building with one main room, used  for the reception of guests, for festivities, and  for meals,’ and then ‘palace.’ It was adopted in late  (the end of the 11th ) from  palais,  palatium. See.   ,, ‘sword, falchion,’ only, from  palásch,  palasz. <section end="Pallasch" /> <section begin="Pallisade" /> ,, ‘palisade,’ only, from  pallisade, which comes from  palizzata. <section end="Pallisade" /> <section begin="Palme" /> ,, from the  palme, balme,  and ,  palma, , ‘palm-tree, palm.’ Borrowed in  from  palma through an ecclesiastical medium. Very many names of plants and trees had been previously introduced from the South of Europe. <section end="Palme" /> <section begin="Pamphlet" /> ,, only, from  pamphlet, which was again derived from the   pamphlet. The word is not a native term, though its origin is not yet determined. <section end="Pamphlet" /> <section begin="Panier" /> ,, from the  panier, usually banier,  and , ‘banner, standard.’ From  bannière, hence of the same origin as. <section end="Panier" /> <section begin="Panther" /> ,, from the  panter, pantel, , ‘panther,’ late  panthera, , formed from  panther, panthera. <section end="Panther" /> <section begin="Pantoffel" /> ,, ‘slipper,’ first occurs in early , from pantofola ( pantoufle), the origin of which has not yet been explained. <section end="Pantoffel" /> <section begin="Panzer" /> ,, from the  panzer, panzier, , ‘coat of mail,’ from  panciera,  pancerea, ‘coat of mail,’ which is connected with  pancia, ‘belly, body’ ( panse, whence also  and   , ‘belly’), and signifies  ‘the part of the armour covering the abdomen.’  <section end="Panzer" />