Where does “dua ribu dua ratus” come from?

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

dua ribu dua ratus (Malay): two thousand two hundred, twenty-two hundred

Definitions

  1. two thousand two hundred, twenty-two hundred

Ancestry of “dua ribu dua ratus”, step by step

dua ribu dua ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dua ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydua ratustwo hundred
2Malayduatwo
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
5Proto-Austronesian*duha—
6Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Malay dua ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydua ributwo thousand
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →