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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
2GermanPeter—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembak—
5Indonesiantembak—
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →