Where does “timah hitam” come from?

timah hitam (Malay) comes from Malay hitam, from Proto-Malayic hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm — black.

timah hitam (Malay): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “timah hitam”, step by step

timah hitam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hitam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhitamblack
2Proto-Malayichitəmblack
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack

via Malay timah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimahtin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiməʀaqtin
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic hitəm →Every word from Malay hitam →