English
Timor
Timor comes from Malay timur ‘east’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*timuʀreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*timurreconstructed
- Malaymoderntimur‘east’
- Malay, derivedmodernTimor
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*timuʀreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*timurreconstructed
- Malaymoderntimur‘east’
- Malay, derivedmodernTimor
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ
Today it means
name An island in the Sundas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ / Timor