Where does “jak” come from?

jak (Dutch) comes from Tibetan གཡག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ — sheep, yak.

jak (Dutch): yak, the ox-like Himalayan bovine, "Bos...

Definitions

  1. yak, the ox-like Himalayan bovine, "Bos...

Ancestry of “jak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡགyak
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak

Words derived from “jak”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →