salpa.
bolt, bar (bar to prevent a door from being forced open; sliding pin or bar in a lock)
Meaning & usage
bolt, bar (bar to prevent a door from being forced open; sliding pin or bar in a lock)
hasp, clasp (metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin)
latch, flip-flop (bistable, electronic switching circuit)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *salpa (compare Karelian salpa, Veps saub), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stalpą (whence dialectal Swedish stalpe (“pole”)).
salp (fish)
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Latin salpa (“stockfish”).
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