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

timur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic timur

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

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic *timur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*timur—

Words derived from “timur”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ →