Where does “Miesepeter” come from?

Miesepeter (German) comes from German Peter, 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.

Miesepeter (German): curmudgeon; whinger

Definitions

  1. curmudgeon; whinger

Ancestry of “Miesepeter”, step by step

Miesepeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Peter

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

via German mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmiesmean, wretched; appalling, poor
2Yiddishמיאוסugly
3Hebrewמִאוּסaversion

Words derived from “Miesepeter”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →