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

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “enam belas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenam belassixteen
2Malayenamsix
3Proto-Malayicənəmsix
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
6Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →Every word from Proto-Austronesian ənəm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm →