Where does “ak” come from?

ak (Tedim Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar, from Proto-Vietic haːr, from Proto-Bahnaric ɓaːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓaar.

ak (Tedim Chin): rooster

Definitions

  1. rooster

Ancestry of “ak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ʔaar—
2Proto-Vietichaːrtwo
3Proto-Bahnaricɓaːr—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɓaar—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓaar →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric ɓaːr →Every word from Proto-Vietic haːr →