Where does “bakpao” come from?

bakpao (Indonesian) comes from Min Nan 肉包, from Chinese 肉, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nja-k — meat, flesh.

bakpao (Indonesian): baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with various...

Definitions

  1. baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with various...

Ancestry of “bakpao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Min Nan肉包—
2Chinese肉—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nja-kmeat, flesh
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nja-k →Every word from Chinese 肉 →Every word from Min Nan 肉包 →