Where does “yak” come from?
Yak comes from Tibetan གཡག, traced to Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ, designating the long-haired bovine animal native to the Himalayan plateau.
yak (English): An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas,...
Definitions
- An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas,...
Ancestry of “yak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 약 | drug; medicine; approximately; about; an ancient... |
| 2 | Japanese | 役 | role, service, use; hand, scoring combination;... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 役 | — |