Where does “Pætur” come from?

Pætur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Pétr, 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.

Pætur (Faroese): Peter

Definitions

  1. Peter

Ancestry of “Pætur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Pætur”

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