Where does “onsilla” come from?

onsilla (Finnish) comes from Spanish oncilla, from Spanish onza, from Middle French once, from Old French once, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.

onsilla (Finnish): oncilla, Leopardus tigrinus

Definitions

  1. oncilla, Leopardus tigrinus

Ancestry of “onsilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishoncilla
2SpanishonzaOunce; Ounce; snow leopard
3Middle Frenchonce
4Old Frenchonce
5LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
6Old Frenchloncelynx
7Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
8Vulgar Latinluncea
9LatinlynxA lynx
10Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
11LatincanadensisCanadian
12Latin-ensisOf or from
13Latinarvumfield; farm land
14Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
15Latinquelō
16Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
18Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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