Where does “tembak” come from?

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

tembak (Indonesian): to shoot to fire a shot

Definitions

  1. to shoot to fire a shot

Ancestry of “tembak”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tembak”

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