Where does “timur” come from?

timur (Indonesian) comes from Malay timur, from Proto-Malayic timur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ — south or east wind.

timur (Indonesian): East, one of the four principal compass points,...

Definitions

  1. East, one of the four principal compass points,...

Ancestry of “timur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimureast; East, one of the four principal compass...
2Proto-Malayictimureast
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
4Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

Words derived from “timur”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic timur →