Where does “dua puluh” come from?
dua puluh (Indonesian) comes from Malay dua puluh, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluq, from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq.
dua puluh (Indonesian): twenty
Definitions
- twenty
Ancestry of “dua puluh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | dua puluh | twenty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | dua(ʔ) puluh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | duha puluq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | duSa puluq | — |