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Where does “vacas” come from?

vacas (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vacas (Classical Nahuatl): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “vacas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →