cheveau

Champenois

Alternative forms

• tchevau

Etymology

From Old French cheval, from Latin caballus. Cognate with French cheval, Bourguignon chevau, Lorrain tchevâ, Picard cvau, Norman queval, Walloon tchivå, Franco-Provençal chevâl, Occitan caval.

Noun

cheveau

1. (Auve) horse

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 109