Where does “casucavaḍḍu” come from?

casucavaḍḍu (Sicilian) comes from Sicilian cavaddu, from Late Latin caballus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

casucavaḍḍu (Sicilian): caciocavallo (a type of cheese)

Definitions

  1. caciocavallo (a type of cheese)

Ancestry of “casucavaḍḍu”, step by step

casucavaḍḍu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sicilian cavaddu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Siciliancavadduhorse; knight
2Late Latincaballushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

via Sicilian casu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Siciliancasucase
2Latincāsus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “casucavaḍḍu”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballus →