Where does “dua” come from?

dua (Indonesian) comes from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

dua (Indonesian): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “dua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduatwo
2Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha—
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

Words derived from “dua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →