Where does “tsentnera” come from?
tsentnera (Ingrian) comes from Russian це́нтнер, from German Zentner, from Latin centēnārius, from Latin centenus, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
tsentnera (Ingrian): centner
Definitions
- centner
Ancestry of “tsentnera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | це́нтнер | centner, quintal 100 kilograms |
| 2 | German | Zentner | hundredweight; quintal |
| 3 | Latin | centēnārius | containing a hundred |
| 4 | Latin | centenus | one hundred |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |