Where does “wak” come from?

wak (Atong (India)) comes from Proto-Bodo-Garo *bwak, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak — pig.

wak (Atong (India)): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “wak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bodo-Garo*bwak
2Proto-Tibeto-Burman*pwak
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷakEvery word from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwakEvery word from Proto-Bodo-Garo *bwak
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