arkls

Pronunciation: [ˈâɾkls]

“arkls” is a Latvian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

plow (device pulled through the ground to break it open into furrows for planting)
machine for land amelioration work
in feudal times, a measure of land

Etymology

Cognate to Lithuanian árklas. From Proto-Baltic *arklas, masculine counterpart of an earlier *arkla, from *árˀtlan, from *artra, from Proto-Indo-European (< *h₂érh₃trom, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”) — whence also the verb art, q.v. —, ultimately from *h₁er- “sparse; to crumble, to fall to pieces,” with an instrumental suffix *-trom). Cognates include Old Irish arathar, Middle High German arl,…

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