Where does “seribu satu” come from?

seribu satu (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 satu (Malay): one thousand one

Definitions

  1. one thousand one

Ancestry of “seribu satu”, step by step

seribu satu 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 satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysatuone
2Proto-Malayicbatustone
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
4Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →