Where does “caihă” come from?

caihă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian kályha, from German kachel, from Middle High German kachel, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin cacculus, from Latin caccabus, from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος — a pot or a pan.

caihă (Romanian): stove

Definitions

  1. stove

Ancestry of “caihă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankályhastove, heater
2Germankachelinflection of kacheln: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germankachel
4Old High Germanchachala
5Vulgar Latincacculus
6LatincaccabusAlternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot
7Ancient Greekκάκκαβοςa pot or a pan
Every word from Ancient Greek κάκκαβοςEvery word from Latin caccabusEvery word from Vulgar Latin cacculus
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