Where does “èwu” come from?

èwu (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese iwu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

èwu (Javanese): thousand (103)

Definitions

  1. thousand (103)

Ancestry of “èwu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneseiwuthousand
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Old Javanese iwu →