Where does “alor” come from?

alor (Malay) comes from Malay alur, from Proto-Malayic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ.

alor (Malay): Obsolete spelling of alur; river

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of alur; river

Ancestry of “alor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalurto flow; river; plot
2Proto-Malayic*halur—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaluʀ—
4Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
5Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—

Words derived from “alor”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ →