Where does “empat” come from?

empat (Balinese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

empat (Balinese): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “empat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
2Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →
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