Where does “sebelas ribu” come from?

sebelas ribu (Malay) comes from Malay sebelas, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

sebelas ribu (Malay): eleven thousand

Definitions

  1. eleven thousand

Ancestry of “sebelas ribu”, step by step

sebelas ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sebelas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysebelaseleven
2Malayseone
3MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
4Proto-Malayicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →