Where does “lima ribu” come from?

lima ribu (Malay) comes from Indonesian lima, from Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima ribu (Malay): five thousand

Definitions

  1. five thousand

Ancestry of “lima ribu”, step by step

lima ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlimafive
2Malaylimafive
3Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Indonesian ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianributhousand; million
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) →