Where does “cuy” come from?

cuy (Spanish) comes from Quechua quwi — guinea pig or rabbit, often female.

cuy (Spanish): guinea pig; guinea pig meat

Definitions

  1. guinea pig; guinea pig meat

Ancestry of “cuy”, step by step

cuy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Quechua quwi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuaquwiguinea pig or rabbit, often female

via Proto-Turkic *tǖp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tǖpbottom

Words derived from “cuy”

Every word from Quechua quwi →