Where does “seribu lima ratus” come from?

seribu lima ratus (Malay) comes from Malay seribu, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

seribu lima ratus (Malay): one thousand five hundred, fifteen hundred

Definitions

  1. one thousand five hundred, fifteen hundred

Ancestry of “seribu lima ratus”, step by step

seribu lima ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay seribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseribuone thousand
2Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
3Old Malaysa-
4Proto-MalayicsA-one
5Proto-Malayicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa
10Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Malay lima ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylima ratusfive hundred
2Malayratushundred
3Proto-Malayicratushundred
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
5Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isaEvery word from Proto-Austronesian *əsaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa