Where does “Kalimantan-Timur” come from?
Kalimantan-Timur (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian timur, from Malay timur, from Proto-Malayic timur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ — south or east wind.
Ancestry of “Kalimantan-Timur”, step by step
Kalimantan-Timur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian timur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | timur | East, one of the four principal compass points,... |
| 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 |
via Indonesian Kalimantan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | Kalimantan | capital: Banjarmasin |