Where does “gunnery” come from?
Gunnery is an English word derived from gun, which comes from gunna, ultimately tracing to Latin -arius and Proto-Indo-European -yós, suffixes denoting agency or relation.
gunnery (English): The science of guns and gunfire including aspects...
Definitions
- The science of guns and gunfire including aspects...
Ancestry of “gunnery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gun | A device for projecting a hard object very... |
| 2 | Middle English | gunne | A trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing... |
| 3 | Old Norse | Gunnhildr | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | Gunnr | battle, war |
| 5 | Old Norse | guðr | battle, war |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gunþiz | battle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰéntis | striking, killing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |