Where does “Piotrkiewicz” come from?

Piotrkiewicz (Polish) comes from Polish Piotrek, from Polish Piotr, from Old Czech Petr, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

Ancestry of “Piotrkiewicz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishPiotrek
2PolishPiotrwindow cross
3Old CzechPetr
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembakshooter
6Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bakEvery word from Proto-Malayic timbakEvery word from Malay timbak
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