Where does “seratus empat puluh” come from?

seratus empat puluh (Malay) comes from Malay seratus, from Proto-Malayic sA-ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sa-ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian sa-ʀaCus.

seratus empat puluh (Malay): one hundred and forty

Definitions

  1. one hundred and forty

Ancestry of “seratus empat puluh”, step by step

seratus empat puluh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay seratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseratusone hundred
2Proto-MalayicsA-ratus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansa-ʀatus
4Proto-Austronesiansa-ʀaCus

via Malay empat puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempat puluhforty
2Proto-Malayicəmpat puluh
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpat puluq
4Proto-AustronesianSəpat puluq
Every word from Proto-Austronesian sa-ʀaCusEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sa-ʀatusEvery word from Proto-Malayic sA-ratus