köken: Since ca. 1400, at first as degen, but also dege, dägen, tägen. Usually derived from Middle French dague, but the origin of the e-vocalism is unclear. An eastern dialectal *degue is possible, but apparently unattested, whereas Czech dýka is considered a borrowing from German. See French dague and Italian daga for more. Probably also related with the family of English dagger. From the 17th…
sword · glaive · sword; the weapon as shown on a coat of arms
çekim: çoğul épées
köken: Inherited from Middle French espee, from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spathe, a borrowing from Latin, and espade, a borrowing from Occitan.
aile: coup d'épée dans l'eau, de cape et d'épée, épée de Damoclès, la plume est plus forte que l'épée, passer au fil de l'épée, qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée
sword (a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack) · spade (playing card marked with the symbol ♠) · épée (fencing sword of a certain modern type)
çekim: çoğul espadas
eş: fisberta, tizona, espadachín
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.
aile: a capa y espada, comedia de capa y espada, con la espada desnuda, danza de espadas, desceñirse la espada, desnudar la espada, entrar espada en mano, entre la espada y la pared, espada de Damocles, espada de dos filos
köken: Related to Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos); either a loan, or from a common original source. The same word is probably preserved in Egyptian zft, Coptic ⲥⲏϥⲉ (sēfe). Dümichen (1867) suggested an Old Semitic saïf or sêf, Myres (1930) a possible Libyan or "Sea Peoples" word. The root س ي ف (s y f) is denominal. Compare Hebrew סַיִף (sáyif).
sword (a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack) · épée · singular of espadas (“spades”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)
çekim: çoğul espadas
eş: gládio
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espada, through prothesis from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.
köken: From Old Swedish sværþ, from Old Norse sverð, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European *su̯r̥dhom, ultimately from *swer- (“to cut; to fester”).
a triple-edged thrusting sword, similar to a rapier or smallsword · sword (in general) · epee
çekim: çoğul kalvat · tamlayan kalvan
köken: Unknown. No known cognates. Possible, but unlikely, is a connection with the homonym kalpa (“piece of wood put on an animal's neck to prevent it from running through a fence, poke”), which is likely of Germanic origin.