Where does “motxilla” come from?

motxilla (Catalan) comes from Spanish mochila, from Spanish mochil, from Basque motxil, from Basque motil, from Proto-Slavic motyľь — butterfly, moth.

motxilla (Catalan): backpack

Definitions

  1. backpack

Ancestry of “motxilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmochilabackpack
2Spanishmochilerrand boy, messenger boy, especially for farmers
3Basquemotxil—
4Basquemotilboy
5Proto-Slavicmotyľьbutterfly, moth

Words derived from “motxilla”

Every word from Proto-Slavic motyľь →Every word from Basque motil →Every word from Basque motxil →