Where does “tombac” come from?

tombac (English) comes from English tombak, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

tombac (English): Alternative form of tombak

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tombak

Ancestry of “tombac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtombakA type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian...
2Malaytembagacopper
3Sanskritताम्रकcopper
4Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
5Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

Words derived from “tombac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit ताम्रक →