Where does “hilir” come from?

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

hilir (Indonesian): downstream area

Definitions

  1. downstream area

Ancestry of “hilir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhilirdownstream area
2Classical Malayهيلير—
3Proto-Malayic*hilirdownstream
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiliʀto flow downstream
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hilir →Every word from Classical Malay هيلير →