Where does “bakahan” come from?

bakahan (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog baka, from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

bakahan (Cebuano): ranch; a land for raising cattle and other...

Definitions

  1. ranch; a land for raising cattle and other...

Ancestry of “bakahan”, step by step

bakahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbakacow; beef; maybe, probably
2Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Cebuano baka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobakaa cow; an adult female of the species "Bos...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →