sakset

Finnish

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Definitions
  • scissors; shears large
  • (gymnastics) scissors
  • pincers, claws front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sax (a pair of scissors) root from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (cut, dry out, coagulate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sek-

Gloss

cut, dry out, coagulate

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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