Where does “pantteri” come from?
pantteri (Finnish) comes from Swedish panter, from French panthère, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
pantteri (Finnish): panther, leopard
Definitions
- panther, leopard
Ancestry of “pantteri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | panter | a panther |
| 2 | French | panthère | panther |
| 3 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 4 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 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 |