Where does “sewu” come from?

sewu (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese sa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

sewu (Old Javanese): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “sewu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesesa-one
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
3Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
4Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “sewu”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →