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Where does “Perret” come from?

Perret (French) comes from French Pierre, 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 “Perret”, step by step

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