Where does “kabaka” come from?

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

kabaka (English): The title of the king of Buganda

Definitions

  1. The title of the king of Buganda

Ancestry of “kabaka”, step by step

kabaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baka

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

via Luganda akabaka

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