Re: [tied] The word for horse

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [tied] The word for horse
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>> calo = boy who took care of horses
>> The German word "Gaul"= old horse, or bad horse is given as with
>> unknown etymology too
>
> <ca:lo:, ca:lo:nis> means any kind of drudge or low servant in the
> army, not necessarily a stable groom
>
>> Question: which is the etymology of "caballus"? Why this "ba" there?
>> Wherefrom should derives this word?
>
> It's probably a loan from Gaulish, but the word has wandered so many
> times to and fro between languages that the ultimate source is hard
> to identify
>
> Piotr

One hint if my information is not bad:
Isidor, Codex of Wolfenbüttel, ed. Otto, pag. 377
"cavallus antea a cavo dictus"
That will be very intersting if this is true. Can someone verify it?