Where does “tiram” come from?

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

tiram (Malay): oyster

Definitions

  1. oyster

Ancestry of “tiram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictirəmoyster
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiʀəmoyster

Words derived from “tiram”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tiʀəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic tirəm →