Where does “кантар” come from?
кантар (Ukrainian) 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.
кантар (Ukrainian): steelyard
Definitions
- steelyard
Ancestry of “кантар”, step by step
кантар traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish قنطار
| 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- | — |
via Hungarian kantár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kantár | bridle |