•a road sign · any other sign giving directions where to go and/or which path/trail/route to follow, e.g. within a building or gardens · something giving ample directions in a more theoretical field, e.g. a publication with legal advice, administrative procedures
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic щитъ (ščitŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (“shield”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeita, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian štit, Old Irish scíath, Latin scūtum.
signpost (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · guide, guidepost, beacon (something that enables orientation in the area) · guide, beacon (something that can serve as a model for someone on how they should act)
çekim: çoğul drogowskazy · tamlayan drogowskazu
eş: kierunkowskaz, gw. (Górny Śląsk) wyjgwajzer
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *der- Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-der. Proto-Slavic *dòrga Old Polish droga Polish droga Proto-Slavic *-o- Old Polish -o- Polish -o- Polish wskaz Polish drogowskaz From droga + -o- + wskaz.
shield (broad piece of defensive armor) · escutcheon (the shield on which a coat of arms is displayed) · shield (large, flat expanse)
çekim: çoğul kilvet · tamlayan kilven
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kilpi (compare Estonian kilp, Livonian kiļb, more distantly also Northern Sami galba), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlībō (compare Old Norse hlíf).