puñal
Galician
/puˈɲal/
noun
Definitions
- poniard (a dagger with a triangular blade)
- (by extension) any dagger
Etymology
Suffix from Galician puño (wrist, fist) derived from Latin pugnus (fist, punch), *pūgnālis, pūgnāle, *pugnalis.
Origin
Latin
*pūgnālis, pūgnāle, *pugnalis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- poniard English
- *pūgnālis Latin
- *pūgnālis, *pūgnāle(m) Latin
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle(m), *pugnalis Latin
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle, *pugnalis Latin
- pugneus Latin
- pugnitus Latin
- pugno Latin
- pugnus Latin
- pūgnus Latin
- pugnale Italian
- pugno Italian
- poignard French
- poignarder French
- apuñalar Spanish, Castilian
- puñal Spanish, Castilian
- puñalito Spanish, Castilian
- puñalote Spanish, Castilian
- puño Spanish, Castilian
- *puǵ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *puǵnos Proto-Indo-European
- punhal Portuguese
- poignal Old French
- poing Old French
- apunyalar Catalan, Valencian
- puny Catalan, Valencian
- punyal Catalan, Valencian
- punyalada Catalan, Valencian
- puño Galician
- pumn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pumnal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- punno Old Portuguese
- puñal Classical Nahuatl
- pulmu Aromanian
- ponh Occitan
- punh Occitan
- *pugnos Proto-Italic
- pugn Romansh
- puogn Romansh
- puñu Asturian
- pugn Friulian
- punio Neapolitan
- poûgno Istriot
- póggn Emilian
- pùgn Emilian