Where does “okka” come from?
okka (English) comes from Turkish okka, from Ottoman Turkish اوقه, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza — to turn.
okka (English): Alternative form of oka
Ancestry of “okka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | okka | Synonym of kilogram; An oka, a former Turkish... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اوقه | a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of... |
| 3 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 6 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 7 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 8 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 10 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 12 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 13 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 14 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 15 | Latin | colō | — |
| 16 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |