Where does “timah” come from?
timah (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese timah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timəʀaq.
timah (Javanese): tin
Ancestry of “timah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | timah | tin |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | timəʀaq | — |