pont torneiz
Old French
Alternative forms
- pont tornëis (late)
Etymology
From pont (“bridge”) + tornëiz (literally “turnable”).
Noun
pont torneiz m (oblique plural pont torneiz, nominative singular pont torneiz, nominative plural pont torneiz)
- swingbridge
Descendants
- French: pont tournis (obsolete)
References
- Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.