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Where does “timur” come from?

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

timur (Malay): east; East, one of the four principal compass...

Definitions

  1. east; East, one of the four principal compass...

Ancestry of “timur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictimureast
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
3Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

Words derived from “timur”

  • Timor
  • Timorese
  • Timor
  • Timor
  • timur
  • timur
  • Timor
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