Where does “Veli-Pekka” come from?

Veli-Pekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pekka, 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.

Ancestry of “Veli-Pekka”, step by step

Veli-Pekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pekka

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

via Finnish Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVelibrother
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →