Where does “temu” come from?

temu (Indonesian) comes from Malay temu, from Northern Luri تمو, from Common Turkic *tamu, from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴.

temu (Indonesian): to meet, to encounter; A plant which the bulb...

Definitions

  1. to meet, to encounter; A plant which the bulb...

Ancestry of “temu”, step by step

temu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay temu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytemuto meet, to encounter
2Northern Luriتمو
3Common Turkic*tamu
4Sogdian𐽂𐼺𐼴

via Javanese ꦠꦼꦩꦸ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦠꦼꦩꦸto meet
2Old Javanesetĕmumeeting, encounter
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tamu₂

Words derived from “temu

Every word from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴