Where does “tambak” come from?

tambak (Indonesian) comes from Malay tambak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak — dam, dyke, embankment.

tambak (Indonesian): fish pond

Definitions

  1. fish pond

Ancestry of “tambak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytambakembankment, dyke
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tambakdam, dyke, embankment
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak →Every word from Malay tambak →