Where does “kuai” come from?

kuai (English) comes from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kuai (English): A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely...

Definitions

  1. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely...

Ancestry of “kuai”, step by step

kuai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish caballo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
2New Latincavallushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

via Mandarin 膾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mandarin膾—
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →