Where does “Питер” come from?
Питер (Russian) comes from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
Питер (Russian): Leningrad, known prior to 1924 as Petrograd
Definitions
- Leningrad, known prior to 1924 as Petrograd
Ancestry of “Питер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 2 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 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 | — |