Where does “dua ratus” come from?

dua ratus (Malay) comes from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

dua ratus (Malay): two hundred

Definitions

  1. two hundred

Ancestry of “dua ratus”, step by step

dua ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduatwo
2Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha—
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Malay ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayratushundred
2Proto-Malayicratushundred
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
4Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred

Words derived from “dua ratus”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →