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Where does “timun” come from?

timun (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *timun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun.

timun (Malay): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “timun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*timun—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatimun—

Words derived from “timun”

  • timun laut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun →