Where does “lanse” come from?

lanse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French lance, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

lanse (Norwegian Bokmål): a lance

Definitions

  1. a lance

Ancestry of “lanse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlancea spear, lance; a soldier armed with a lance; a...
2Old Frenchlancelance weapon
3Latinlanceathe Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...
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