Where does “اوقه” come from?
اوقه (Ottoman Turkish) 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.
اوقه (Ottoman Turkish): a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of...
Definitions
- a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of...
Ancestry of “اوقه”, step by step
اوقه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic أُوقِيَّة
| 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 |
via Arabic وُقِيَّة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | وُقِيَّة | — |