Where does “Timor” come from?

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

Timor (Portuguese): Timor island

Definitions

  1. Timor island

Ancestry of “Timor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayTimorTimor
2Malaytimureast; East, one of the four principal compass...
3Proto-Malayictimureast
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
5Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

Words derived from “Timor

Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ