köken: From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 (nycky) / nyck' (/nēzag/), from Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (naizaka-), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from Proto-Iranian *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam. Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (naēza, “tip, especially of a needle”) and borrowings from Iranian: Classical Syriac ܢܝܙܟܐ (nayzkāʾ), Old Armenian նիզակ (nizak), and Arabic نَيْزَك…
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian [Term?]. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician and Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.
spear (long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting) · javelin (light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon) · javelin (metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event)
çekim: çoğul keihäät · tamlayan keihään
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kaihas (compare Ingrian keihäs, Veps keihaz), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (compare Old Norse geirr, German Ger). Doublet of kaira.
The Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light spear or lance.
çekim: çoğul lanceae · tamlayan lanceae
köken: Ultimately from Celtic or Celtiberian, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”). Compare with Ancient Greek λόγχη (lónkhē). See also plācō, plāgō, plangō and plēctō.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ota, possibly from Proto-Uralic *woča. Cognate to Finnish Otava (“Big Dipper”), Votic otava (“Big Dipper”), Veps odeg (“stick”), Northern Sami oahci (“obstacle”), Komi-Permyak водж (vodž, “fish-trap used during the winter”), Erzya ош (oš, “city”), and Forest Enets ба” (bǝʔ, “city, Ob delta”).
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Paleo-Hispanic, probably from a Celtic language, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“strike”). Cognate with Sicilian lanza.
köken: From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleagh and Manx shleiy.