Where does “tembak” come from?
tembak (Classical Malay) comes from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.
tembak (Classical Malay): to shoot
Ancestry of “tembak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 2 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
Words derived from “tembak”