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Where does “dak” come from?

dak (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian dauka, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- — to die, pass away; to run, flow.

dak (Albanian): big ram

Definitions

  1. big ram

Ancestry of “dak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniandauka—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow
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