Where does “cúa” come from?

cúa (Galician) comes from Catalan cua, from Latin cōda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

cúa (Galician): last floater of a longline

Definitions

  1. last floater of a longline

Ancestry of “cúa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancuatail; queue; ponytail
2Latincōda—
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →
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