Where does “tchivå” come from?

tchivå (Walloon) comes from Old French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

tchivå (Walloon): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “tchivå”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchevalhorse
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Old French cheval →