ankkuri

Etymology 1


Borrowed from (whence 🇨🇬, a variant of ; compare 🇨🇬, ; perhaps adapted with ), ultimately from, from , itself ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  anchor tool to hook a vessel into the seabed
 * 2)  anchor something that serves to provide a fixing point
 * 3)  anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman main host of a television or radio program relating to the broadcast of news
 * 4)  anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman final runner in relay race
 * 5)  armature rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo in an electromagnetic apparatus
 * 6)  plunger moving portion of a solenoid
 * 7)  anchor superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area
 * 8)  anchor the main part of an anchor escapement

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for volume of liquid substances, equal to around 39 litres

Etymology
Ultimately from (compare, , 🇨🇬), possibly through 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) anchor