Where does “delapan puluh delapan” come from?

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

delapan puluh delapan (Indonesian): eighty-eight

Definitions

  1. eighty-eight

Ancestry of “delapan puluh delapan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandelapan puluheighty
2Indonesianpuluhten
3Malaypuluhten
4Proto-Malayicpuluhten
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
6Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →
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