Where does “dua puluh” come from?

dua puluh (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluq, from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq.

dua puluh (Malay): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “dua puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) puluh—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduha puluq—
3Proto-AustronesianduSa puluq—

Words derived from “dua puluh”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh →