Where does “cacheira” come from?

cacheira (Galician) comes from Galician cachar, from Vulgar Latin cappulare, from Late Latin capulo, from Latin capulus, from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

cacheira (Galician): pig head

Definitions

  1. pig head

Ancestry of “cacheira”, step by step

cacheira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cachar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancacharto surprise or to catch; to catch; to scrape land
2Vulgar Latincappulareto cut up
3Late LatincapuloI catch; dative singular of capulum; ablative...
4Latincapulussarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb; handle
5Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...
6Proto-Italickapiōtake
7Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Galician cacho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancachofragment, piece, portion, bit; moment; hopscotch
2Vulgar Latincacclus
3Latincacculus
4LatincaccabusAlternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot
5Ancient Greekκάκκαβοςa pot or a pan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-
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