kilpi.
shield (broad piece of defensive armor)
Meaning & usage
shield (broad piece of defensive armor)
escutcheon (the shield on which a coat of arms is displayed)
shield (large, flat expanse)
sign (clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures)
sign (clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures) shield (a sign or symbol identifying a highway route)
plate, number plate, license plate
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kilpi (compare Estonian kilp, Livonian kiļb, more distantly also Northern Sami galba), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlībō (compare Old Norse hlíf).
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