Where does “tiga ratus” come from?

tiga ratus (Malay) comes from Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus — hundred.

tiga ratus (Malay): three hundred

Definitions

  1. three hundred

Ancestry of “tiga ratus”, step by step

tiga ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayratushundred
2Proto-Malayicratushundred
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
4Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred

via Malay tigă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaytigăObsolete spelling of tiga
2Old Malay*tiga—
3Prakrit𑀢𑀺𑀕—
4Sanskritत्रिकtriple

Words derived from “tiga ratus”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus →Every word from Proto-Malayic ratus →