Where does “ch’fa” come from?

ch’fa (Gallo) comes from Old French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

ch’fa (Gallo): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “ch’fa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchevalhorse
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Old French cheval →