Where does “per” come from?

per (Danish) 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 (Danish): For each; for every

Definitions

  1. For each; for every

Ancestry of “per”, step by step

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

Words derived from “per”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →