Where does “Đông Timor” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Đông Timor”, step by step

Đông Timor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Timor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTimor—
2EnglishTimorAn island in the Sundas
3MalayTimorTimor
4Malaytimureast; East, one of the four principal compass...
5Proto-Malayictimureast
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
7Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ →