Where does “wakaswùuti” come from?

wakaswùuti (Hopi) comes from Hopi waakasi, from Spanish vacas, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

wakaswùuti (Hopi): cow adult female bovine

Definitions

  1. cow adult female bovine

Ancestry of “wakaswùuti”, step by step

wakaswùuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hopi waakasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hopiwaakasicow, cattle
2Spanishvacasplural of vaca; cows
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Hopi wùuti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hopiwùutiwoman (adult female human)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vacas →