Where does “empat belas” come from?
empat belas (Indonesian) comes from Malay empat belas, from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
empat belas (Indonesian): fourteen
Definitions
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Ancestry of “empat belas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | empat belas | fourteen |
| 2 | Malay | empat | four |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | əmpat | four |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |