Where does “poniard” come from?
Poniard comes from French poignard, from French poing meaning fist, from Latin pugnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ-.
poniard (English): A dagger typically having a slender square or...
Definitions
- A dagger typically having a slender square or...
Ancestry of “poniard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | poignard | — |
| 2 | French | poing | fist |
| 3 | Middle French | poing | fist |
| 4 | Old French | poing | hand |
| 5 | Latin | pūgnus | a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pugnos | fist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | puǵnos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |
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