köken: From Middle High German *Pole or *Polen (attested as Polen m pl), from Old Polish polanín, from Proto-Slavic *poľaninъ (literally “field-dweller”), derived from *pȍľe (“field”). The Middle High German form may have been a strong noun in -en in light of polnisch; the weak form is then a backformation (cf. Heide, Rabe etc.).
köken: From Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жьрдь (žĭrdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with Polish żerdź, Slovak žrď.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian [Term?]. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician and Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.
spear (long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting) · javelin (light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon) · javelin (metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event)
çekim: çoğul keihäät · tamlayan keihään
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kaihas (compare Ingrian keihäs, Veps keihaz), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (compare Old Norse geirr, German Ger). Doublet of kaira.