Where does “penjuru ilir” come from?

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

penjuru ilir (Betawi): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “penjuru ilir”, step by step

penjuru ilir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Betawi ilir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Betawiilirnorth
2Malayhilirdownstream area
3Classical Malayهيلير
4Proto-Malayic*hilirdownstream
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiliʀto flow downstream

via Betawi penjuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Betawipenjuru
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀEvery word from Proto-Malayic *hilirEvery word from Classical Malay هيلير