Where does “Pieter” come from?

Pieter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch Pieter, 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.

Ancestry of “Pieter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchPieter—
2LatinPetrusPeter
3Indonesianpenembakshooter
4Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
5Malaytembakto shoot
6MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
7Proto-Malayictimbak—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Pieter”

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