Where does “ribu” come from?

ribu (Isnag) comes from Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

ribu (Isnag): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “ribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*ʀibuthousand
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *ʀibu →