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Where does “tumit” come from?

tumit (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic tumit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tumid.

tumit (Malay): heel

Definitions

  1. heel

Ancestry of “tumit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictumit—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantumid—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tumid →