Where does “duo mpu” come from?

duo mpu (West Coast Bajau) comes from West Coast Bajau duo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

duo mpu (West Coast Bajau): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “duo mpu”, step by step

duo mpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Coast Bajau duo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Coast Bajauduotwo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
3Proto-Austronesian*duha—
4Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via West Coast Bajau mpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Coast Bajaumputen
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

Words derived from “duo mpu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →