As one theory for "arquebus," there is one form where, as one form of the early hand gun, hook-shaped jut was put on an iron tube attached on the tip of stick and when shooting the hook was attached to something and the stick was pushed into the earth, and one theory says that it was called "Hakenbüchse = a tube with a hook" in German and became the word origin and in French the similar pronunciation (Arquen bus =>arquebus) was accented.
（アルケビュス）については一つの説として、さらに初期の手砲の一形式に棒の先につけた金属筒に鉤状の突起を設け、発射時は鉤を委託物に引っかけ棒を地上に押さえ付けて発射した形式があり、これをドイツ語系で（ハーケン・ビュクセ＝鉤付筒）と呼んだだのが語源で、フランス語系で類似した（アーケン・ビュッス→アルケブス）と発音が訛化したのであろうという説がある。