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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.

Ancestry of “penembak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantembak—
2Malaytembakto shoot
3MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
4Proto-Malayictimbak—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
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