Where does “Peolive” come from?
Peolive (Norwegian) comes from Norwegian Per, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.
Ancestry of “Peolive”, step by step
Peolive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Per | — |
| 2 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 3 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 4 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 5 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 6 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Norwegian Olive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Olive | — |