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