Further etymology uncertain, though many sources suggest that the word may be Celtic and/or of Iberian origin. Celtic, according to CDB, who connects the word with Gr. λόγχη. "According to Varro the Latin word was from a Spanish (? Iberian) source. Connection with the synonymous Greek λόγχη is phonologically improbable." (OED 1901).,
Universitetet i Oslo i samarbeid med Språkrådet (2010). Bokmålsordboka & Nynorskordboka [online]. http://www.nob-ordbok.uio.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?
[NOB]
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Buck, C., D. (1949). A dictionary of selected synonyms in the principal Indo–European languages: a contribution to the history of ideas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
[CDB]
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Den Danske Ordbog (online). Copenhagen: Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab: http://ordnet.dk/ddo
[DDO]
Houaiss, Antônio & MS Villar. 2001. Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto António Houaiss.
[DH]
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Simpson, J., & Weiner, E. S. 1989. Oxford English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
[OED]
Source
Trésors de la langue francaise informatisées. Centre national de ressources techniques et lexiques. http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/
[TLF]
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DEX online (2004-2015). Dicționare ale limbii române. https://dexonline.ro/
[DEX]
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Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie (2007-2010). De Geïntegreerde Taalbank [online]. Available at: http://gtb.inl.nl/
[GTB]
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Bibliographisches Institut GmbH (2013). Duden Die deutsche Rechtschreibung [online]. Available at: http://www.duden.de/
[DUD]
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Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur und der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (2010). Mittelhochdeutschen Wörterbuch Online [online]. Available at: http://www.mhdwb-online.de/index.html
[MWB]
Source
Nocentini, Alberto (2010). L'etimologico: vocabolario della lingua italiana. 1. ed. Milano: Le Monnier
[NEI]
Source
Robert Farren, PIE culture words collection, 2017
[Farren (2017)]
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