Where does “timah panas” come from?

timah panas (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian panas, from Malay panas, from Proto-Malayic panas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panas — warm, hot.

timah panas (Indonesian): bullets; ammunition

Definitions

  1. bullets; ammunition

Ancestry of “timah panas”, step by step

timah panas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian panas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpanashot; dry, lacking moisture of the body; dangerous
2Malaypanashot; angry; heat
3Proto-Malayicpanashot
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaswarm, hot

via Indonesian timah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantimahtin
2Malaytimahtin
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiməʀaqtin
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panas →Every word from Proto-Malayic panas →Every word from Malay panas →
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