Where does “j’va” come from?

j’va (Norman) comes from Old French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

j’va (Norman): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “j’va”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchevalhorse
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Old French cheval →