Where does “нејак” come from?

нејак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ја̑к, from Tibetan གཡག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ — sheep, yak.

нејак (Serbo-Croatian): weak, feeble

Definitions

  1. weak, feeble

Ancestry of “нејак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianја̑кstrong
2Tibetanགཡགyak
3Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋEvery word from Tibetan གཡགEvery word from Serbo-Croatian ја̑к
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