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Where does “pantergaupe” come from?

pantergaupe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål panter, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.

pantergaupe (Norwegian Bokmål): Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus

Definitions

  1. Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus

Ancestry of “pantergaupe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpantera panther
2Latinpanthēra—
3PortugueseOnça—
4LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
5Old Frenchloncelynx
6Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
7Vulgar Latinluncea—
8LatinlynxA lynx
9Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
10LatincanadensisCanadian
11Latin-ensisOf or from
12Latinarvumfield; farm land
13Latincolō—
14Latinquelō—
15Proto-Italickʷelō—
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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