kahle.
shackle, fetter
Meaning & usage
shackle, fetter
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kahlëh, cognate with Karelian kahleh (“shackle, burden”), Ingrian kahle. Proposed to be either a further development of kahle (etymology 2), or alternatively derived from Germanic (compare haahla (“trammel hook”) from Proto-Germanic *hanhlō).
the open end of a dragnet or seine
Where this word comes from
From kahlata (“to wade”) + -e. Cognates include dialectal Estonian kahle (“attachment point for a rope in a seine”), perhaps Livonian kōļ (“strap”).
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