Where does “sembilan ribu” come from?

sembilan ribu (Malay) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

sembilan ribu (Malay): nine thousand

Definitions

  1. nine thousand

Ancestry of “sembilan ribu”, step by step

sembilan ribu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ribu

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

via Malay sĕmbilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
2Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ribu →Every word from Malay ribu →