harppuuna
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- harpoon
- short for harppuunapyssy (harppuunapyssy) or harppuunatykki (harppuunatykki); speargun, harpoon gun
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish harpun derived from Dutch, Flemish harpoen derived from Old French harpon.
Origin
Old French
harpon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- harppuunakalastus Finnish
- harppuunapyssy Finnish
- harppuunatykki Finnish
- kalastus Finnish
- pyssy Finnish
- tykki Finnish
- harpaga Latin
- harpoen Dutch, Flemish
- harpoenier Dutch, Flemish
- harpon French
- arpão Portuguese
- harpun Swedish
- harpun Danish
- harpon Old French
- arpoen Middle Dutch