Where does “pilak” come from?

pilak (Cebuano) comes from Malay Perak, from Malay pirak, from Proto-Malayic pirak.

pilak (Cebuano): silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element

Definitions

  1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element

Ancestry of “pilak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayPeraksilver metal
2MalaypirakObsolete form of perak
3Proto-Malayicpirak—

Words derived from “pilak”

Every word from Proto-Malayic pirak →Every word from Malay pirak →Every word from Malay Perak →