Where does “cașcaval” come from?

cașcaval (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال, from Italian caciocavallo, from Italian cavallo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cașcaval (Romanian): a type of sheep cheese; money, cash

Definitions

  1. a type of sheep cheese; money, cash

Ancestry of “cașcaval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاشقوالcaciocavallo
2Italiancaciocavallocaciocavallo
3Italiancavallohorse; horsepower; knight
4Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
5New Latincavallushorse
6Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
7Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “cașcaval”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →