Where does “vacaloura” come from?

vacaloura (Galician) comes from Galician vaca, from Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vacaloura (Galician): stag beetle

Definitions

  1. stag beetle

Ancestry of “vacaloura”, step by step

vacaloura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician vaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvacacow; trawler
2Old Portuguesevaca—
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Galician loura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianloura—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Old Portuguese vaca →