Where does “amok” come from?
amok (Dutch) comes from Malay amuk, from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀, from Javanese ꦮꦏ꧀, from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]], from Sanskrit ऊह, from Sanskrit अहह.
amok (Dutch): A murderous frenzy, a killing spree in Malay...
Definitions
- A murderous frenzy, a killing spree in Malay...
Ancestry of “amok”, step by step