Where does “ibu” come from?

ibu (Tausug) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

ibu (Tausug): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “ibu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu