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Where does “Piotrowicz” come from?

Piotrowicz (Polish) comes from Polish Piotr, from Old Czech Petr, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Ancestry of “Piotrowicz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishPiotr—
2Old CzechPetr—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembak—
5Indonesiantembak—
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →