Where does “tembaga kuning” come from?

tembaga kuning (Malay) comes from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

tembaga kuning (Malay): brass

Definitions

  1. brass

Ancestry of “tembaga kuning”, step by step

tembaga kuning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tembaga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytembagacopper
2Sanskritताम्रकcopper
3Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
4Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

via Malay kuning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykuningyellow
2Proto-Malayic*kuniŋ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit ताम्रक →