Where does “jak” come from?

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

jak (Swedish): a yak, an ox-like mammal

Definitions

  1. a yak, an ox-like mammal

Ancestry of “jak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡགyak
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →