Where does “tujuh ratus” come from?

tujuh ratus (Malay) comes from Malay tujuh, from Proto-Malayic tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq — to point at.

tujuh ratus (Malay): seven hundred

Definitions

  1. seven hundred

Ancestry of “tujuh ratus”, step by step

tujuh ratus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tujuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuhseven
2Proto-Malayictujuhseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
4Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at

via Malay ratus

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

Words derived from “tujuh ratus”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic tujuh →