Where does “wiżna” come from?

wiżna (Maltese) comes from Arabic وَزْنَة, from Arabic وَزْن — weight.

wiżna (Maltese): a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes

Definitions

  1. a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes

Ancestry of “wiżna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَزْنَة—
2Arabicوَزْنweight
Every word from Arabic وَزْن →Every word from Arabic وَزْنَة →
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