Where does “baka” come from?

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

baka (Tausug): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “baka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →