Where does “dua ribu” come from?

dua ribu (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 ribu (Malay): two thousand

Definitions

  1. two thousand

Ancestry of “dua ribu”, step by step

dua ribu 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 ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

Words derived from “dua ribu”

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