Where does “ܐܘܢܩܝܐ” come from?
ܐܘܢܩܝܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis — to turn.
Ancestry of “ܐܘܢܩܝܐ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 2 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 3 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 4 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 6 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 8 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 9 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 10 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 11 | Latin | colō | — |
| 12 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |