Where does “tembaga” come from?
tembaga (Malay) comes from Sanskrit ताम्रक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
tembaga (Malay): copper
Ancestry of “tembaga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ताम्रक | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |
Words derived from “tembaga”