Poodle comes from the German Pudel, which in turn is derived the Geraman verb puddeln meaning to puddel, to splash.
actually, poodles aren't french, they're german, but the french word for poodle is caniche.
The German word for Poodle is Pudel, from the verb puddeln, to puddle, to splash.
poodle is translated 'caniche' (masc.) in French.
German "Pudel" , shortening of "Pudelhund" from Low German pudeln "splash in water" + German Hund "dog". So there's your answer.
no because it is not named after a person or place, such as German Shepard. Poodle is named after a German word.
The German word 'Pudel' means 'a poodle dog'
The puddle dog breed is the same as a French poodle. This breed got its name from the German word Pudelhund.
From French, where it meant 'a whistle' - which is roughly the same shape. The word came into French from German and German took it from Czech.
The German word is 'pudlhund', from which we get the name 'poodle'. 'Pudl' means 'puddle' - poodles were bred to retrieve game from the water.
It comes from the German word pudel, which is short for pudelhund, meaning to splash in the water in reference to the poodle being a water dog. As you would guess, pudelmeans puddle in English. :D Hope this helps! if it doesn't i don't Know what wil!
It means 'The Poodle'. The title of the song is 'The Sly and Zealous Poodle'
the word poodle means that it is a small dog and came from the french word poodelle which means small furry dog.