Where does “pluh” come from?

pluh (Eastern Cham) comes from Proto-Chamic *pluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

pluh (Eastern Cham): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “pluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*pluhten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Chamic *pluh →