Yak

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late 18th century: from Tibetan gyag .


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Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག(g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Shortening.


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yak (n.)

"wild ox of central Asia," 1795, from Tibetan g-yag "male yak." Attested in French from 1791.




yak (v.)

"laugh," 1938, variant of yuck (2); "talk idly," 1950, variant of yack. Related: Yakked; yakking.