Where does “wakial” come from?

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

wakial (O'odham): cowboy

Definitions

  1. cowboy

Ancestry of “wakial”, 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 →