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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

  1. Synonym of kilogram; An oka, a former Turkish...

Ancestry of “okka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوقهa kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of...
2Arabicأُوقِيَّةوِقِيَّة
3Classical Syriacܐܘܢܩܝܐ—
4Ancient Greekοὐγγία—
5LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
6Old Frenchloncelynx
7Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
8Vulgar Latinluncea—
9LatinlynxA lynx
10Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
11LatincanadensisCanadian
12Latin-ensisOf or from
13Latinarvumfield; farm land
14Latincolō—
15Latinquelō—
16Proto-Italickʷelō—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
18Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “okka”

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