Where does “سريبو” come from?
سريبو (Malay) comes from Malay س-, from Malay س, from Malay اسا, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
سريبو (Malay): one thousand
Ancestry of “سريبو”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | س- | one; used to form the comparative of adjectives |
| 2 | Malay | س | one |
| 3 | Malay | اسا | one; hope; to hope |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |