Where does “синьоокий” come from?
синьоокий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian око, 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 — to turn.
синьоокий (Ukrainian): blue-eyed
Definitions
- blue-eyed
Ancestry of “синьоокий”, step by step
синьоокий traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian око
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | око | eye; A unit of weight, approximately 1.2 kg; A... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اوقه | a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of... |
| 3 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 6 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 7 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 8 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 10 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 12 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 13 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 14 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 15 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 16 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |