Where does “oje” come from?
oje (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوژه, from French onglé, from Old French fro, from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.
oje (Turkish): nail polish
Ancestry of “oje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوژه | — |
| 2 | French | onglé | — |
| 3 | Old French | fro | — |
| 4 | Latin | umbrosus | shady, shadowy |
| 5 | Latin | umbra | a shadow; a shade; a ghost |
| 6 | Old Latin | omra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mr-u- | — |