Where does “ribu” come from?

ribu (Indonesian) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

ribu (Indonesian): thousand; million

Definitions

  1. thousand; million

Ancestry of “ribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

Words derived from “ribu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ribu →Every word from Malay ribu →