Where does “kanola” come from?

kanola (Turkish) comes from English canola, from Irish cana, from Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic kanawū — whelp, cub.

Ancestry of “kanola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcanolaAny of a number of cultivars of rapeseed and...
2Irishcanacub, whelp; bardic poet of the fourth order;...
3Middle Irishcanacub; puppy
4Proto-Celtickanawūwhelp, cub
Every word from Proto-Celtic kanawū →Every word from Middle Irish cana →Every word from Irish cana →
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