Where does “puluh” come from?

puluh (Classical Malay) comes from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

puluh (Classical Malay): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypuluhten
2Proto-Malayicpuluhten
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
4Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →