Where does “Itä-Timor” come from?

Itä-Timor (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

Ancestry of “Itä-Timor”, step by step

Itä-Timor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish Timor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTimorof Timor

Words derived from “Itä-Timor”

Every word from Proto-Uralic itä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic itä →Every word from Finnish itä →
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