Where does “pelir itik” come from?

pelir itik (Malay) comes from Malay itik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *itik.

pelir itik (Malay): screw, metal fastener with a partially or completely threaded shank, and driveable head

Definitions

  1. screw, metal fastener with a partially or completely threaded shank, and driveable head

Ancestry of “pelir itik”, step by step

pelir itik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay itik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayitikduck
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*itik—

via Indonesian pelir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpelirpenis
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *itik →Every word from Malay itik →