Where does “*unciju” come from?
*unciju (Germanic) comes from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis, from Latin -ensis — to turn.
Ancestry of “*unciju”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 2 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 3 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 5 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 7 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 8 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 9 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 10 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 11 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |