Where does “dara” come from?
dara (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq, from Azerbaijani -ək, from Proto-Turkic *-gek.
dara (Ilocano): blood
Ancestry of “dara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daʀaq | blood |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | -ək | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-gek | — |