Where does “vakax” come from?

vakax (Tzotzil) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vakax (Tzotzil): cattle, bull, cow

Definitions

  1. cattle, bull, cow

Ancestry of “vakax”, 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 →