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Where does “kaskavál” come from?

kaskavál (Hungarian) comes from Romanian cașcaval, from Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال, from Italian caciocavallo, from Italian cavallo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kaskavál (Hungarian): kashkaval

Definitions

  1. kashkaval

Ancestry of “kaskavál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancașcavala type of sheep cheese; money, cash
2Ottoman Turkishقاشقوالcaciocavallo
3Italiancaciocavallocaciocavallo
4Italiancavallohorse; horsepower; knight
5Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
6New Latincavallushorse
7Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
8Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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