Etymograph

English

tchaviche

Tchaviche comes from Russian чавыча ‘chinook salmon, king salmon’, and goes back to qfa-cka-pro *æwæc(u).

  1. qfa-cka-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*æwæc(u)1reconstructed
  2. itlmodernчовуича1
  3. Russianmodernчавыча2čavyča‘chinook salmon, king salmon’
  4. Englishtodaytchaviche2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Russian чавыча
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English tchaviche

Lineage

  1. qfa-cka-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*æwæc(u)Wiktionary, Russian чавычаreconstructed
  2. itlmodernчовуичаWiktionary, Russian чавыча
  3. RussianmodernчавычаWiktionary, English tchavichečavyča‘chinook salmon, king salmon’
  4. EnglishtodaytchavicheWiktionary, English tchaviche

Every English word from qfa-cka-pro *æwæc(u)

Today it means

noun Synonym of chinook salmon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tchaviche”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Russian чавыча. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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