Where does “temu balik” come from?
temu balik (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian temu, from Malay temu, from Northern Luri تمو, from Common Turkic *tamu, from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴.
temu balik (Indonesian): retrieval
Ancestry of “temu balik”, step by step
temu balik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian temu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | temu | to meet, to encounter; A plant which the bulb... |
| 2 | Malay | temu | to meet, to encounter |
| 3 | Northern Luri | تمو | — |
| 4 | Common Turkic | *tamu | — |
| 5 | Sogdian | 𐽂𐼺𐼴 | — |
via Indonesian balik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | balik | behind, rear, back-end |
| 2 | Malay | balik | back part, behind; to return, to turn |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *balik | to return; to repeat |
Words derived from “temu balik”