Where does “seratus ribu” come from?

seratus ribu (Malay) comes from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

seratus ribu (Malay): one hundred thousand

Definitions

  1. one hundred thousand

Ancestry of “seratus ribu”, step by step

seratus ribu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseone
2MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Indonesian ratus ribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianratus ribuhundred thousand
2Malayratus ribuhundred thousand
3Indonesianratushundred
4Malayratushundred
5Proto-Malayicratushundred
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
7Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →