Where does “kawayoh” come from?

kawayoh (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl cahuayoh, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kawayoh (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “kawayoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcahuayoh—
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →