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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—
2PolishPiotr—
3Old CzechPetr—
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembak—
6Indonesiantembak—
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →