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
- pig head
Ancestry of “cacheira”, step by step
cacheira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician cachar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cachar | to surprise or to catch; to catch; to scrape land |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cappulare | to cut up |
| 3 | Late Latin | capulo | I catch; dative singular of capulum; ablative... |
| 4 | Latin | capulus | sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb; handle |
| 5 | Latin | capere | present active infinitive of capiō; second-person... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |