Where does “bayak” come from?
bayak (Turkish) comes from Malay biawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bayawak — monitor lizard.
bayak (Turkish): recently
Ancestry of “bayak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | biawak | monitor lizard |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bayawak | monitor lizard |