Where does “timbak” come from?

timbak (Maranao) comes from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

timbak (Maranao): firearm

Definitions

  1. firearm

Ancestry of “timbak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytembakto shoot
2MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
3Proto-Malayictimbak—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →