Where does “per” come from?

per (Breton) comes from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

per (Breton): pears; cauldron

Definitions

  1. pears; cauldron

Ancestry of “per”, step by step

per traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Petrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPetrusPeter
2Indonesianpenembakshooter
3Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
4Malaytembakto shoot
5MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
6Proto-Malayictimbak—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Proto-Celtic kʷaryos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickʷaryoscauldron
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷr̥-yos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →