köken: Borrowed from French bistouri, in turn from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”, see Latin Pistōrium); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades. Doublet of pistoiese.
köken: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نیشتر (nişter), from Classical Persian نیشتر (ništar), with the spelling influenced by Ancient Greek νύσσω (nússō, “to stab, pierce”).
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto lanco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. ▲ Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettobor. Esperanto -et- Esperanto lanceto From lanco + -et-.
Formed with a base ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam. Akin to Middle Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian նիշտր (ništr), նշտրակ (nštrak), and Classical Syriac ܐܫܬܪܟܐ (/ˀštrkˀ/) to be emended to ܢܫܬܪܟܐ* (/*nštrkˀ/).