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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

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “dua puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydua puluhtwenty
2Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduha puluq—
4Proto-AustronesianduSa puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq →