punho
Portuguese
/ˈpu.ɲu/, /ˈpu.ɲo/
noun
Definitions
- fist clenched hand
- (anatomy) wrist part of the body between the hand and the forearm
- the grip of a firearm
- each end of a hammock
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese punno inherited from Latin pugnus (fist, punch) inherited from Proto-Italic *pugnos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*puǵnos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle(m), *pugnalis Latin
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle, *pugnalis Latin
- pugneus Latin
- pugnitus Latin
- pugno Latin
- pugnus Latin
- pugno Italian
- puño Spanish, Castilian
- *pewǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *puǵ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *puǵnos Proto-Indo-European
- *puḱnos Proto-Indo-European
- empunhar Portuguese
- punheta Portuguese
- punhetagem Portuguese
- punhetar Portuguese
- punhão Portuguese
- poing Old French
- puny Catalan, Valencian
- puñal Galician
- puño Galician
- pumn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- punno Old Portuguese
- 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