Where does “cavalla” come from?
cavalla (Catalan) comes from Spanish caballa, from Latin caballa, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cavalla (Catalan): mackerel
Ancestry of “cavalla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | caballa | mackerel |
| 2 | Latin | caballa | — |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |