Where does “baka” come from?

baka (Karaim) comes from Proto-Turkic b(i)āka — frog.

baka (Karaim): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “baka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicb(i)ākafrog
Every word from Proto-Turkic b(i)āka