Where does “Pellonpekko” come from?

Pellonpekko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pekko, from Finnish Pekka, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Pellonpekko (Finnish): The god of grain

Definitions

  1. The god of grain

Ancestry of “Pellonpekko”, step by step

Pellonpekko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPekkoA god or spirit of cultivation
2FinnishPekkaa Finnish male given name
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Finnish pelto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltofield
2Proto-Finnicpeltofield
3Proto-Germanicfelþuzfield, plain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →