Where does “empat” come from?
empat (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
empat (Iban): four
Ancestry of “empat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | əmpat | four |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |