pistol
Malay
noun
Definitions
- a pistol gun, handheld short firearm weapon
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish pistool (pistol) derived from Czech píšťala (whistle, firearm, tube, pipe, because of the shape) derived from Proto-Slavic *piščalь derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Origin
Proto-Balto-Slavic
*pīṣk-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pistole German
- pistolese Italian
- pistool Dutch, Flemish
- vuursteenpistool Dutch, Flemish
- waterpistool Dutch, Flemish
- pistole French
- pistolet French
- пищаль Russian
- pistol Norwegian Bokmål
- pistola Portuguese
- pistol Swedish
- piszczel Polish
- pistol Norwegian Nynorsk
- pistolet Middle English
- pistol Danish
- *piščalь Proto-Slavic
- píšťala Czech
- pistol Indonesian
- pitschal Middle High German
- pitschal, pischulle Middle High German
- pistole Middle French
- пиштол Macedonian
- pistoal Western Frisian
- *pīṣk- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pistolet Walloon