Where does “ilia” come from?

ilia (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic *hilir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀ — to flow downstream.

ilia (Minangkabau): downstream area

Definitions

  1. downstream area

Ancestry of “ilia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*hilirdownstream
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiliʀto flow downstream
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiliʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hilir →
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