Where does “keduanya” come from?

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

keduanya (Indonesian): both; both of them, they both

Definitions

  1. both; both of them, they both

Ancestry of “keduanya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankedua(ordinal number) second
2Malaykeduasecond
3Malayduatwo
4Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
6Proto-Austronesian*duha—
7Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →