Where does “yak” come from?

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

yak (Italian): A yak

Definitions

  1. A yak

Ancestry of “yak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡགyak
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →
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