Where does “dua ribu empat ratus” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. two thousand four hundred, twenty-four hundred

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

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

via Malay dua ribu

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

via Malay empat ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempat ratusfour hundred
2Proto-Malayicəmpat ratus—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpat ʀatus—
4Proto-AustronesianSəpat ʀaCus—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →