Where does “Petrikke” come from?
Petrikke (Norwegian) comes from Norwegian Peter, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
Ancestry of “Petrikke”, step by step
Petrikke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Peter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Peter | Peter biblical figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | Pétr | — |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Norwegian Peder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Peder | — |