Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo. · Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. · With legs spread and the knees bent in an outward or awkward way, sometimes with the feet touching.
To wield (two weapons), one in each hand.
From Middle English in kenebowe, in kene bowe (“in a keen bow”, i.e. “in a sharp bend or angle”), from in (“in”) + keen, kene (“brave, keen, sharp”) + bowe (“bow, bend”). Alternately, possibly from Old Norse kengr (“bent”) + bogi (“a bow”), compare Icelandic kengboginn (“bow-bent”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*bʰewgʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionin kene boweenm
- Derivation mentionkengrnon
- Cognate mentionkengboginnis
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