Where does “empat ribu” come from?

empat ribu (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

empat ribu (Malay): four thousand

Definitions

  1. four thousand

Ancestry of “empat ribu”, step by step

empat ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Malay ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →