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
Ancestry of “vacaloura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | vaca | cow; trawler |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vaca | — |
| 3 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |