Where does “Peter” come from?

Peter (Scots) comes from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

Ancestry of “Peter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishPeterPeter
2LatinPetrusPeter
3Indonesianpenembakshooter
4Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
5Malaytembakto shoot
6MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
7Proto-Malayictimbak—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Peter”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →