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
- Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus
Ancestry of “pantergaupe”, step by step
pantergaupe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål panter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | panter | a panther |
| 2 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 3 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 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 |