Where does “bakayau” come from?

bakayau (Shona) comes from Portuguese bacalhau, from Dutch bakaliaw.

bakayau (Shona): dried fish

Definitions

  1. dried fish

Ancestry of “bakayau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebacalhaucod; vagina
2Dutchbakaliaw—
Every word from Dutch bakaliaw →Every word from Portuguese bacalhau →