billow, roller, large wave (also figuratively) · rampart, dyke, wall (an earthen embankment, possibly faced with stone, used as a defensive fortification) · barrage fire
çekim: çoğul валы́ · tamlayan ва́ла
eş: насыпь, волна, шпиндель
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ.
köken: Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, “walls”) and Tigre ሶር (sor, “partition wall”) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.
to fight · to fence; to partake in fencing · to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms
çekim: geçmiş fäktade · ortaç fäktande · ulaç fäktande
köken: From Old Swedish fækta, from Middle Low German vechten, from Old Saxon fehtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną. Compare Dutch vechten and English fight.
aile: anfäkta, bättre fly än illa fäkta, fäktklubb, fäktkonst, fäktmask, fäktmästare, förfäkta
wall (defensive rampart) · wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
çekim: çoğul mury · tamlayan muru
eş: ściana
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrusbor. Proto-West Germanic *mūrā Old High German mūra Middle High German mūrbor. Old Polish mur Polish mur Inherited from Old Polish mur, borrowed from Middle High German mūr, from Old High German mūra.
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, to encircle”); possibly a substrate word from a Dacian *garda, akin to Albanian gardh (or borrowed from it), or more likely an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, perhaps predating the metathesis occurring in Slavic languages (however this is uncertain as other related terms such as grădină, ogradă, îngrădi had already undergone it…