köken: Borrowed from Late Latin *abyssimus, from Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “depth”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese avisso.
köken: From Swedish kanjon, from English canyon, from Spanish cañón, from caño, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma)bor. Latin chasma Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma).
köken: From Middle Low German afgrunt, afgrunde. Compare Dutch afgrond, German Abgrund, Norwegian Nynorsk avgrunn, Swedish avgrund and Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (afgrundiþa). Equivalent to af- (“off, from”) + grund (“ground”).