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Where does “pætursmessa” come from?

pætursmessa (Faroese) comes from Faroese Pætur, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

pætursmessa (Faroese): the feast of the Chair of St. Peter

Definitions

  1. the feast of the Chair of St. Peter

Ancestry of “pætursmessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FaroesePæturPeter
2Old NorsePétr—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembak—
5Indonesiantembak—
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
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