Where does “baccalà” come from?

baccalà (Italian) comes from Spanish bacalao, from Dutch bakkeljauw, from Portuguese bacalhau, from Dutch bakaliaw.

baccalà (Italian): salt cod, stockfish; a foolish person

Definitions

  1. salt cod, stockfish; a foolish person

Ancestry of “baccalà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbacalaocod; dried and salted cod
2Dutchbakkeljauwsalt cod
3Portuguesebacalhaucod; vagina
4Dutchbakaliaw—

Words derived from “baccalà”

Every word from Dutch bakaliaw →Every word from Portuguese bacalhau →Every word from Dutch bakkeljauw →