Where does “waka” come from?

waka (Mapudungun) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

waka (Mapudungun): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “waka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →