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

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “empat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
3Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →