Etymology

gunnery

G2U1N1N1E1R1Y4

Today it means: The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact. Full definition →

English gun ← Middle English gunne ← Old Norse Gunnhildr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰen-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰéntis
  3. Proto-Germanic*gunþiz
  4. Old Norsegunnr
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₂tís
  7. Proto-Germanic*hildiz
  8. Old Norsehildr
  9. Old NorseGunnhildr
  10. Middle Englishgunne
  11. Englishgun
  12. English todaygunnery

From gun + -ery.

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