köken: From Middle High German blīde, from Medieval Latin blida. The undiphthongised form may be of dialectal origin, but was probably reinforced by learned influence.
köken: From Middle French trébuchet, from Old French trebuchet, trebuket (“a trap”), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc…
köken: From Ancient Greek μαγγανικά (manganiká), probably through Aramaic, found as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מנגניקון (mangānīqōn) and Classical Syriac ܡܰܢܓܳܢܺܝܩܳܐ (mangānīqā), clearly seen even in Ge'ez መንገኒቃ (mängäniḳa).
köken: From Old Swedish blidha, borrowed (likely through Middle Low German blîde) from Medieval Latin blida. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
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