Where does “sepuu duo” come from?

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

sepuu duo (West Coast Bajau): twelve

Definitions

  1. twelve

Ancestry of “sepuu duo”, step by step

sepuu duo 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 sepuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Coast Bajausepuuten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansa-puluq—
3Proto-Austronesiansa-puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →