Where does “timu” come from?

timu (West Makian) comes from Malay timun, from Proto-Malayic *timun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun — cucumber.

timu (West Makian): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “timu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimuncucumber
2Proto-Malayic*timun—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatimuncucumber
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *timun →Every word from Malay timun →