Where does “baka” come from?

baka (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

baka (Bikol Central): cattle, domesticated bovine animals

Definitions

  1. cattle, domesticated bovine animals

Ancestry of “baka”, step by step

baka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish vaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Proto-Philippine *bakáq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*bakáq—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →