Where does “oka” come from?
oka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوقه, 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 — to turn.
oka (Serbo-Croatian): oke; genitive singular of oko
Definitions
- oke; genitive singular of oko
Ancestry of “oka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوقه | a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of... |
| 2 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 5 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 6 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 7 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 9 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 11 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 12 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 13 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 14 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |