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gambeson is a loan from old french gambeson, gambaison, originally wambais, formed after the middle high german term wambeis "doublet", in turn from old high german wamba "stomach" ( cognate to womb ). [ ] the term aketon, originally medieval french alcottonem, might be a loan from arabic al-qutn " cotton
(definite article - the cotton)." in medieval norse, the garment was known as vapntreyja, literally "weapon shirt," or panzari/panzer. [ ] treyja is a loan from (middle) low german. panzari/panzer is probably also a loan from (middle) low german, though the word has its likely origin in italian, and...
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