Where does “ilir” come from?

ilir (Betawi) comes from Malay hilir, from Classical Malay هيلير, from Proto-Malayic *hilir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀ — to flow downstream.

ilir (Betawi): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “ilir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhilirdownstream area
2Classical Malayهيلير—
3Proto-Malayic*hilirdownstream
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiliʀto flow downstream

Words derived from “ilir”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hilir →Every word from Classical Malay هيلير →