Where does “Pearse” come from?

Pearse is an English variant of Piers, from Old French Piers, ultimately from Old French Pierre.

Ancestry of “Pearse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPiers—
2Old FrenchPiers—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →