Where does “seratus satu” come from?

seratus satu (Malay) comes from Malay satu, from Proto-Malayic sA-, 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 satu (Malay): one hundred and one

Definitions

  1. one hundred and one

Ancestry of “seratus satu”, step by step

seratus satu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysatuone
2Proto-MalayicsA-one
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay seratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseratusone hundred
2Proto-MalayicsA-ratus—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansa-ʀatus—
4Proto-Austronesiansa-ʀaCus—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →