Where does “timun” come from?

timun (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese hantimun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun — cucumber.

timun (Javanese): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “timun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesehantimuncucumber
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatimuncucumber
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun →Every word from Old Javanese hantimun →