Where does “dua puluh ribu” come from?

dua puluh ribu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dua puluh, from Malay dua puluh, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluq, from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq.

dua puluh ribu (Indonesian): twenty thousand

Definitions

  1. twenty thousand

Ancestry of “dua puluh ribu”, step by step

dua puluh ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian dua puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandua puluhtwenty
2Malaydua puluhtwenty
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) puluh
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduha puluq
5Proto-AustronesianduSa puluq

via Indonesian ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianributhousand; million
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluqEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluqEvery word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh