Where does “panterka” come from?

panterka (Polish) comes from Polish pantera, 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.

panterka (Polish): humpback grouper, panther grouper, barramundi cod

Definitions

  1. humpback grouper, panther grouper, barramundi cod

Ancestry of “panterka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpanterapanther
2Latinpanthēraa panther
3PortugueseOnçaEnglish or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g
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
13Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
14Latinquelō
15Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō