Where does “quijada” come from?
quijada (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish quexada, from Vulgar Latin *capseāta, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin Capsa, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
quijada (Spanish): jaw, jawbone
Ancestry of “quijada”, step by step