Where does “huaca” come from?
huaca (Spanish) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.
huaca (Spanish): A relic in Inca culture
Ancestry of “huaca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | vaca | cow; beef; leather |
| 2 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |