Where does “cuvôyu” come from?

cuvôyu (Nivaclé) comes from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cuvôyu (Nivaclé): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “cuvôyu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
2New Latincavallushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “cuvôyu”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →