glav
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A spear, lance, glaive.
- (archaic) A sword.
- (obsolete) A banner.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish glaven derived from Middle Low German glave derived from Old French glaive (lance, sword) derived from Latin gladius (sword, gladius, Roman short sword).
Origin
Latin
gladius
Gloss
sword, gladius, Roman short sword
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
刀, 剣
Emoji
⚔️ 🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gladius English
- glaive English
- glaived English
- *exgladiāre Latin
- gladius Latin
- ghiado Italian
- gladio Italian
- gladius Dutch, Flemish
- glaive French
- gladio Spanish, Castilian
- glaive Middle English
- glaive Old French
- glavo Ido
- *kladiwos Proto-Celtic
- glave Middle Low German
- glaven Old Swedish
- gláede Middle Irish
- *kladyos Gaulish
- gladebo Gaulish