Where does “pistol” come from?
pistol (Swedish) comes from French pistole, from Middle High German pitschal, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic piščalь, from Proto-Slavic piskati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pīṣk-.
pistol (Swedish): a pistol
Ancestry of “pistol”, step by step