Where does “flinta” come from?

flinta (Polish) comes from German Flinte, from Swedish flinta, from Middle Low German vlint.

flinta (Polish): flintlock rifle

Definitions

  1. flintlock rifle

Ancestry of “flinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlinteshotgun
2Swedishflintaflint (mineral)
3Middle Low Germanvlint—
Every word from Middle Low German vlint →Every word from Swedish flinta →Every word from German Flinte →