Where does “lapan ratus” come from?

lapan ratus (Malay) comes from Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus — hundred.

lapan ratus (Malay): eight hundred

Definitions

  1. eight hundred

Ancestry of “lapan ratus”, step by step

lapan ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ratus

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

via Malay lapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapaneight; Nonstandard spelling of delapan
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight

Words derived from “lapan ratus”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus →Every word from Proto-Malayic ratus →