Where does “sembilan ribu” come from?
sembilan ribu (Malay) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.
sembilan ribu (Malay): nine thousand
Ancestry of “sembilan ribu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ribu | thousand; million |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *ribu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ʀibu | — |