a snitch; telltale; informer; stool pigeon · a young goat that is between the ages of 6 months and one year old · a device that warns of an abnormality or draws attention to something
köken: Borrowed from a Germanic language, perhaps Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) or from a Frankish cognate, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”). Cognates include obsolete French épie (“spy”), Spanish espía (“spy”), English spy and German spähen (“to peek, to spy”).
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /gōš/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /gauša/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”). Indo-Iranian cognates include: Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). Also compare Old Armenian գոյշ (goyš), an…
Someone who gathers knowledge, information or intelligence. · A scout or reconnoitrer (both literally and figurative). · A detective or investigator.
çekim: çoğul kunskapares · tamlayan kunskapares
köken: Affix of kunskapa (“spy”, verb) + -are (“-er”), derived from kunskap (“knowledge”) + -a (“-ing”). Thus, literally; "knowledginger". First attested in 1544. Compare Danish kundskaber, Middle Low German kuntschopper, Dutch kondschapper, German Kundschafter.
Jmedlertijdh hade beml. Hertige så wähl genom kunskapare som öfwerlöpare förnummit at Janißarerne och Spahij hade gjort ett upror, […]
Hugin och Munin nämns också i Mika Honkalinnas Korppiretki – de var asaguden Odens kunskapare.
Örgrytes kunskapare fick dock snabbt upp ögonen för pojkens enorma talang och som 17-åring enrollerades han definitivt i ÖIS A-lag.