Where does “bak” come from?

bak (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai paːkᴰ — mouth.

bak (Zhuang): mouth; entrance; opening; account of or response...

Definitions

  1. mouth; entrance; opening; account of or response...

Ancestry of “bak”, step by step

bak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai paːkᴰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taipaːkᴰmouth

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Tai paːkᴰ