Where does “penembak” come from?

penembak (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

penembak (Indonesian): shooter

Definitions

  1. shooter

Ancestry of “penembak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
2Malaytembakto shoot
3MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
4Proto-Malayictimbak—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “penembak”

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