Where does “amoek” come from?

amoek (Peranakan Indonesian) comes from Malay amuk, from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀, from Javanese ꦮꦏ꧀, from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]], from Sanskrit ऊह, from Sanskrit अहह.

amoek (Peranakan Indonesian): amok

Definitions

  1. amok

Ancestry of “amoek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayamukto run amok
2Javaneseꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀amok
3Javaneseꦮꦏ꧀aunt
4Old Javanese[[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]]—
5Sanskritऊहremoving, derangement, transposition, change,...
6Sanskritअहह—
Every word from Sanskrit अहह →Every word from Sanskrit ऊह →Every word from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]] →