Where does “puluh ribu” come from?
puluh ribu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
puluh ribu (Indonesian): ten thousand
Ancestry of “puluh ribu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | puluh | ten |
| 2 | Malay | puluh | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | puluh | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |