Where does “Timor” come from?
Timor comes from Malay Timor, from Malay timur meaning "east," ultimately from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ, the same root.
Ancestry of “Timor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | Timor | — |
| 2 | Malay | timur | east; East, one of the four principal compass... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | timur | east |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | timuʀ | southeast monsoon |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | timuʀ | south or east wind |
Words derived from “Timor”