Where does “caracal” come from?
caracal (French) comes from Turkish karakulak, from Ottoman Turkish قرهقولاق, from Persian سیاهگوش, from Persian گوش, from Middle Persian ???, from Old Persian ???, from Proto-Iranian gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰáwšas.
caracal (French): caracal
Ancestry of “caracal”, step by step
Words derived from “caracal”