Where does “cavala” come from?

cavala (Occitan) comes from Italian cavalla, from Latin caballa, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cavala (Occitan): mare

Definitions

  1. mare

Ancestry of “cavala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavallamare; female equivalent of cavallo
2Latincaballamare
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cavala”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin caballa →