Where does “cavala” come from?

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

cavala (Portuguese): mackerel

Definitions

  1. mackerel

Ancestry of “cavala”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cavala”

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