Where does “sembilan ratus” come from?

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

sembilan ratus (Malay): nine hundred

Definitions

  1. nine hundred

Ancestry of “sembilan ratus”, step by step

sembilan ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ratus

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

via Malay sĕmbilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
2Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine

Words derived from “sembilan ratus”

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