Where does “timah wurung” come from?

timah wurung (Malay) comes from Malay timah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timəʀaq — tin.

timah wurung (Malay): bismuth

Definitions

  1. bismuth

Ancestry of “timah wurung”, step by step

timah wurung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay timah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimahtin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiməʀaqtin

via Malay wurung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaywurung—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timəʀaq →Every word from Malay timah →
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