Where does “јак” come from?

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

јак (Macedonian): strong; cool, awesome

Definitions

  1. strong; cool, awesome

Ancestry of “јак”, step by step

јак traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གཡག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡགyak
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak

via Proto-Slavic akъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicakъ—

Words derived from “јак”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →