Where does “uqija” come from?
uqija (Maltese) comes from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.
uqija (Maltese): a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, equivalent to of a ratal, that is officially 0.933 imperial ounces (26.46 g), now sometimes metrified informally to mean 30 grammes (which would be of a metrical ratal)
Definitions
- a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, equivalent to of a ratal, that is officially 0.933 imperial ounces (26.46 g), now sometimes metrified informally to mean 30 grammes (which would be of a metrical ratal)
Ancestry of “uqija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 2 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 4 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 5 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 6 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 8 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 10 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 11 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 12 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 13 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 14 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |