Where does “delapan puluh lima” come from?

delapan puluh lima (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 lima (Indonesian): eighty-five

Definitions

  1. eighty-five

Ancestry of “delapan puluh lima”, step by step

delapan puluh lima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian delapan puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandelapan puluheighty
2Indonesianpuluhten
3Malaypuluhten
4Proto-Malayicpuluhten
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
6Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Indonesian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlimafive
2Malaylimafive
3Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →
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