Where does “timun” come from?

timun (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *timun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun — cucumber.

timun (Brunei Malay): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “timun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*timun—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatimuncucumber
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *timun →
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