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
- oncilla, Leopardus tigrinus
Ancestry of “onsilla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | oncilla | — |
| 2 | Spanish | onza | Ounce; Ounce; snow leopard |
| 3 | Middle French | once | — |
| 4 | Old French | once | — |
| 5 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 6 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 7 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 9 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 11 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 12 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 13 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 14 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |