Where does “ინჩი” come from?
ინჩი (Georgian) comes from English inch, from Middle English ynche, from Old English ynċe, from Germanic *unciju, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
ინჩი (Georgian): anything, any; inch
Definitions
- anything, any; inch
Ancestry of “ინჩი”, step by step
ინჩი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inch | A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot,... |
| 2 | Middle English | ynche | An inch; A tiny quantity |
| 3 | Old English | ynċe | inch |
| 4 | Germanic | *unciju | — |
| 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 |