eş: octopus, poulpe, tortue, speakerphone, poste téléphonique à haut-parleur
köken: From Guernsey Norman pieuvre (introduced or popularised by Victor Hugo ca. 1866; cf. also Old Northern French puerve). Ultimately from Latin polypūs (via *pueleve, *puelve, *pueuve, *pieuve, with the same /w/ > /j/ dissimilation as in yeux), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”). Doublet of poulpe.
tentacle (limb) · tentacle (insidious reach or influence)
çekim: çoğul macki · tamlayan macki
eş: macka saperska, macki pomiarowe
köken: Etymology tree Polish macać Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish macka From macać + -ka. Compare typologically Latin tentāculum (nomen instrumenti of tentō), Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce) (nomen instrumenti of щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)).
tentacle · gripper (device) · tentacle (insidious reach or influence)
çekim: çoğul chapadla · tamlayan chapadla
köken: From chápat + -dlo. Compare typologically Slovene lovka (nomen instrumenti of loviti), see Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce) (nomen instrumenti of щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)) for more.
tentacle (verbal noun of loviti (nomen instrumenti))
çekim: çoğul lȏvke · tamlayan lȏvke
köken: By surface analysis, lov(iti) + -ka. Compare typologically Czech chapadlo (nomen instrumenti of chápat). See Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce) for more.