Where does “Phi-e-rơ” come from?

Phi-e-rơ (Vietnamese) comes from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Ancestry of “Phi-e-rơ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpierrestone
2Middle Frenchpierrestone
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak