Where does “tompakki” come from?

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

tompakki (Finnish): tombac brass alloy

Definitions

  1. tombac brass alloy

Ancestry of “tompakki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtombacAlternative form of tombak
2EnglishtombakA type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian...
3Malaytembagacopper
4Sanskritताम्रकcopper
5Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
6Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kasEvery word from Sanskrit -कEvery word from Sanskrit ताम्रक
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