Where does “enam belas” come from?
enam belas (Indonesian) comes from Malay enam belas, from Malay enam, from Proto-Malayic ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.
enam belas (Indonesian): sixteen
Ancestry of “enam belas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | enam belas | sixteen |
| 2 | Malay | enam | six |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | ənəm | six |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ənəm | six |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ənəm | six |
| 6 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *ənəm | — |