Where does “tiram” come from?
tiram (Indonesian) comes from Malay tiram, from Proto-Malayic tirəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm — oyster.
tiram (Indonesian): oyster
Ancestry of “tiram”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | tiram | oyster |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | tirəm | oyster |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tiʀəm | oyster |