Where does “choça” come from?
choça (Old Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.
Ancestry of “choça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 2 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
Words derived from “choça”