Where does “vaca” come from?

vaca (Macanese) comes from Portuguese vaca, from Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaca (Macanese): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “vaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevacacow; a promiscuous woman; bitch
2Old Portuguesevaca—
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Old Portuguese vaca →