Where does “baka” come from?

baka (Tagalog) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

baka (Tagalog): cow; beef; maybe, probably

Definitions

  1. cow; beef; maybe, probably

Ancestry of “baka”, step by step

baka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish vaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Arabic بَقَرَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَقَرَة—

via Proto-Philippine *bakáq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*bakáq—

Words derived from “baka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →