Where does “timah” come from?

timah (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese timah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timəʀaq — tin.

timah (Javanese): tin

Definitions

  1. tin

Ancestry of “timah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesetimahtin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiməʀaqtin
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timəʀaq →Every word from Old Javanese timah →