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Where does “dua(ʔ)” come from?

dua(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

dua(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “dua(ʔ)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
2Proto-Austronesian*duha—
3Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
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