Where does “Timor” come from?

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

Timor (Malay): Timor

Definitions

  1. Timor

Ancestry of “Timor”, 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 “Timor”

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