Where does “okka” come from?
okka (Turkish) 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.
okka (Turkish): Synonym of kilogram; An oka, a former Turkish...
Definitions
- Synonym of kilogram; An oka, a former Turkish...
Ancestry of “okka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “okka”