Where does “kavaayu” come from?

kavaayu (Cahuilla) comes from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kavaayu (Cahuilla): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “kavaayu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
2New Latincavallushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →