Where does “ratus ribu” come from?

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

ratus ribu (Malay): hundred thousand

Definitions

  1. hundred thousand

Ancestry of “ratus ribu”, step by step

ratus ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianratushundred
2Malayratushundred
3Proto-Malayicratushundred
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
5Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred

via Indonesian ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianributhousand; million
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

Words derived from “ratus ribu”

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