Where does “kantar” come from?
kantar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
kantar (Turkish): steelyard, or a scale in general
Definitions
- steelyard, or a scale in general
Ancestry of “kantar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 2 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 3 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 4 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 5 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |