Where does “Timor” come from?

Timor (Vietnamese) comes 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 “Timor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Timor”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ →