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Where does “Petersen” come from?

Petersen (Danish) comes from Danish Peter, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Ancestry of “Petersen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishPeter—
2Old NorsePétr—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembak—
5Indonesiantembak—
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Petersen”

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