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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbakacow; beef; maybe, probably
2Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →