Where does “caraval” come from?
caraval (English) comes from English caracal, from French caracal, from Turkish karakulak, from Ottoman Turkish قرهقولاق, from Persian سیاهگوش, from Persian گوش, from Middle Persian ???, from Old Persian ???.
caraval (English): A hybrid of a male caracal and a female serval
Definitions
- A hybrid of a male caracal and a female serval
Ancestry of “caraval”, step by step
caraval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caracal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caracal | A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West... |
| 2 | French | caracal | caracal |
| 3 | Turkish | karakulak | caracal |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | قرهقولاق | — |
| 5 | Persian | سیاهگوش | caracal |
| 6 | Persian | گوش | ear |
| 7 | Middle Persian | ??? | — |
| 8 | Old Persian | ??? | ear |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | gáwšah | ear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gʰáwšas | noise, sound |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | g⁽ʷ⁾ʰéw-sos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | g⁽ʷ⁾ʰew- | — |
via English serval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | serval | A medium-sized African wild cat, "Leptailurus... |
| 2 | French | serval | serval |
| 3 | Portuguese | cerval | Iberian lynx |
| 4 | Latin | cervarius | of, pertaining to, or connected with deer |
| 5 | Latin | cervus | deer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |