köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Germanic *sahsą Proto-West Germanic *sahs Proto-West Germanic *matisahs Old High German mezzisahs Middle High German messer German Messer From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzir, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-West…
köken: Inherited from Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, plough blade”); cognate with Italian coltello. Not related to couper.
aile: à couper au couteau, à couteaux tirés, couteau à beurre, couteau à cran d'arrêt, couteau à fromage, couteau à fruit, couteau à huîtres, couteau à pain, couteau à palette, couteau à poisson
to knife, stab (injure or kill by stabbing with a knife) · to sand, abrade (the process of using abrasive tools, in particular, on wood) · to cut with a knife anything other than humans
çekim: geçmiş acuchillé · ortaç acuchillado · şimdiki acuchilla
eş: lijar, pulir, alisar
köken: From a- + cuchillo + -ar and/or a- + cuchilla + -ar, depending on the sense.
köken: From Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-West Germanic *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-, *dʰalk-.
to cut (to divide with a sharp instrument) · to knife (to use a knife to cut, or cut through as if with a knife) · to cut (to form or shape by cutting)
çekim: geçmiş leikannut · şimdiki leikkaa · ulaç leikkaava
köken: From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). Cognates include Estonian lõikama (“to cut”).
köken: Uncertain. Explanations include: * From a formation equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kolh₂_/₃-trom, from the root *(s)kelH- (“to cut”). * From the root *(s)ker- (“to shear, cut off”) to a preform *kor-tro- which has undergone dissimilation */rtr/ > /ltr/. Both of the above etymologies assume a change in the suffix *-trom (and in gender), which otherwise would yield Latin *-trum. Compare…
to cut, to slice (to divide or separate something with a knife, blade, or sharp tool) · to cut off, to sever, to trim · to carve, to engrave (to shape or mark a hard material by cutting into it)
çekim: geçmiş none · ortaç ря́зан · şimdiki ре́же · ulaç ре́жещ
köken: From Proto-Slavic *rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-.
köken: Probably borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu (“file, rasp”). Compare German Feile (“file (tool)”) and English file, as well as Proto-Slavic *pila (“saw”), itself borrowed from the Germanic.
knife (utensil or tool with a blade and a handle, designed for cutting)
çekim: çoğul naži · tamlayan naža
köken: Borrowed from Old East Slavic ножь (nožĭ, “knife”) (compare Russian нож (nož)). The word probably entered the language in the 13th century, and is attested in its modern form in dictionaries from the 17th century on.