Where does “tiram” come from?

tiram (Indonesian) comes from Malay tiram, from Proto-Malayic tirəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm — oyster.

tiram (Indonesian): oyster

Definitions

  1. oyster

Ancestry of “tiram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytiramoyster
2Proto-Malayictirəmoyster
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiʀəmoyster
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic tirəm →Every word from Malay tiram →
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