Where does “amok” come from?
amok (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk, from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀, from Javanese ꦮꦏ꧀, from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]], from Sanskrit ऊह, from Sanskrit अहह.
amok (Norwegian Nynorsk): amok
Ancestry of “amok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | amok | Out of control, especially when armed and... |
| 2 | Portuguese | amouco | amok |
| 3 | Malay | amuk | to run amok |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀ | — |
| 5 | Javanese | ꦮꦏ꧀ | — |
| 6 | Old Javanese | [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]] | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | ऊह | removing, derangement, transposition, change,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | अहह | — |