Where does “sepuluh dua” come from?

sepuluh dua (Malay) comes from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

sepuluh dua (Malay): twelve

Definitions

  1. twelve

Ancestry of “sepuluh dua”, step by step

sepuluh dua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduatwo
2Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha—
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Malay sepuluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysepuluhten
2Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
3Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
4Austronesian*sa-puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →