Where does “quagghia” come from?
quagghia (Sicilian) comes from Late Latin quaccola, from Proto-Italic kwakklā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- — to flee, escape.
quagghia (Sicilian): quail
Ancestry of “quagghia”, step by step