Where does “vakial” come from?

vakial (O'odham) comes from Spanish vaquero, from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vakial (O'odham): cowboy cattle tender

Definitions

  1. cowboy cattle tender

Ancestry of “vakial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvaquerocowboy; jeans; A kind of bird
2Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →