Where does “delapan puluh” come from?
delapan puluh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
delapan puluh (Indonesian): eighty
Definitions
- eighty
Ancestry of “delapan puluh”, step by step
delapan puluh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian puluh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | puluh | ten |
| 2 | Malay | puluh | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | puluh | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |
via Indonesian delapan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | delapan | eight |
| 2 | Malay | dĕlapan | Obsolete spelling of delapan |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | dua(ʔ) alap-an | eight |