Where does “miesepetrig” come from?

miesepetrig (German) comes from German Miesepeter, from German Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

miesepetrig (German): grumpy, crotchety

Definitions

  1. grumpy, crotchety

Ancestry of “miesepetrig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMiesepetercurmudgeon; whinger
2GermanPeterA common surname
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →
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