köken: Borrowed from French pistole, itself probably via Middle High German pitschal, pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).
köken: Most likely reborrowed from Persian تپانچه (tapânča), from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “palm of the hand; slap; trigger of a gun; handgun”), derived from طبان (taban, “sole”), corresponding to Azerbaijani daban (“heel”).
köken: From Persian تپانچه (tapânče), from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “pistol, handgun”), which is a derivation of Ottoman Turkish طبان (taban, “sole of a foot/hand”), corresponding to Kazakh табан (taban).
köken: Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
köken: Borrowed from French pistolet, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of piszczel.
köken: Borrowed from German Pistole, from French pistole, probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of píšťala.
köken: A wanderword, arrived to Hungarian via German. Compare German Pistole, French pistole, Italian pistola, Serbo-Croatian pištolj, Czech pistole. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).
köken: From Middle French pistole or from German Pistole, either from Italian pistola or from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.