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Inherited from Old Hungarianollo, ollow(“kid (of a goat)”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic*oglak(“child”). The modern sense of "scissors" is apparently because scissorblades swing like a goat's legs.
(scissors):olló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
( fawn, kid ):olló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
